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Wednesday, February 12, 2025

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Consumer Price Index, South Region — January 2025

Regional prices increased 0.6 percent in January and 2.8 percent over the year

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the South region increased 0.6 percent in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The index for all items less food and energy also increased 0.6 percent over the month. The energy index rose 1.9 percent in January and the food index rose 0.3 percent over the same period. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)

The South all items CPI-U rose 2.8 percent for the 12 months ending in January, as it did in December. The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.1 percent over the last 12 months. The food index increased 2.6 percent for the 12 months ending in January. The energy index rose 0.7 percent over the last year.


Food

The index for food increased 0.3 percent in January, as it did in December. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) rose 0.5 percent, with higher prices in 5 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The index for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) was little changed in January, up 0.1 percent.

The index for food rose 2.6 percent over the last 12 months. The food away from home index rose 3.2 percent over the last year. The food at home index increased 2.2 percent over the same period, as each of the six major grocery store food groups increased over the last year. Within the food at home category, the index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs increased 6.2 percent over the last 12 months.

Energy

The energy index increased 1.9 percent in January, after declining 0.4 percent in December. The gasoline index increased 2.5 percent over the month. The electricity index rose 1.0 percent over the month and the index for natural gas rose 2.3 percent over the same period.  

The energy index rose 0.7 percent over the past 12 months. The index for electricity increased 1.1 percent over the last year and the index for natural gas rose 5.6 percent over the same period. The gasoline index was little changed over this 12-month span, up 0.1 percent.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.6 percent in January. The shelter index increased 0.5 percent over the month, after increasing 0.2 percent in each of the previous two months. The index for owners’ equivalent rent rose 0.3 percent in January, as did the index for rent. Recreation (+1.4 percent) was also an index with a notable increase in January.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.1 percent over the past 12 months. The shelter index (+4.4 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 also increased 4.4 percent over the last year. The index for rent increased 3.6 percent over this 12-month span.

The Consumer Price Index for February 2025 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, March 12, 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 the South region is published 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.

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 South region is comprised of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Refer to the national CPI news release technical note or the Handbook of Methods for more information.

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Table 1. South region CPI-U by expenditure category for January 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=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

306.877 307.007 308.911 2.8 0.7 0.6

All items (December 1977 = 100)

497.798 498.008 501.097 - - -

Food and beverages

325.227 325.992 327.036 2.5 0.6 0.3

Food

329.045 330.073 331.153 2.6 0.6 0.3

Food at home

305.829 306.954 308.419 2.2 0.8 0.5

Cereals and bakery products

362.137 365.374 364.203 0.5 0.6 -0.3

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

327.049 329.596 332.387 6.2 1.6 0.8

Dairy and related products

272.067 272.589 273.284 1.3 0.4 0.3

Fruits and vegetables

334.872 334.692 337.438 1.1 0.8 0.8

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials

218.300 217.754 219.920 1.6 0.7 1.0

Other food at home

272.036 273.108 273.801 0.9 0.6 0.3

Food away from home

368.386 369.237 369.651 3.2 0.3 0.1

Alcoholic beverages

272.002 269.247 269.794 1.7 -0.8 0.2

Housing

316.774 317.522 319.245 3.6 0.8 0.5

Shelter

372.316 373.130 375.110 4.4 0.8 0.5

Rent of primary residence

396.806 397.871 399.187 3.6 0.6 0.3

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(1)

375.462 376.766 377.962 4.4 0.7 0.3

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(1)

375.412 376.712 377.904 4.4 0.7 0.3

Fuels and utilities

302.496 303.759 306.607 2.3 1.4 0.9

Household energy

244.341 245.621 248.618 1.7 1.8 1.2

Energy services

244.490 245.786 248.737 1.7 1.7 1.2

Electricity

239.734 240.320 242.739 1.1 1.3 1.0

Utility (piped) gas service

256.004 261.965 268.071 5.6 4.7 2.3

Household furnishings and operations

145.816 146.094 146.431 -1.1 0.4 0.2

Apparel

139.580 137.510 136.315 -0.4 -2.3 -0.9

Transportation

269.052 267.912 271.853 2.6 1.0 1.5

Private transportation

270.379 269.273 273.766 2.3 1.3 1.7

New and used motor vehicles(2)

125.404 125.347 125.747 -0.3 0.3 0.3

New vehicles

184.635 184.718 185.208 -0.6 0.3 0.3

New cars(3)

182.160 182.129 182.540 -1.1 0.2 0.2

Used cars and trucks

179.201 179.453 180.527 0.7 0.7 0.6

Motor fuel

253.770 250.291 256.748 -0.1 1.2 2.6

Gasoline (all types)

252.696 249.110 255.461 0.1 1.1 2.5

Gasoline, unleaded regular(3)

245.396 241.754 248.160 0.0 1.1 2.6

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(3)(4)

290.192 286.623 292.753 0.4 0.9 2.1

Gasoline, unleaded premium(3)

286.773 283.828 289.408 0.6 0.9 2.0

Medical care

538.135 538.866 540.213 2.3 0.4 0.2

Medical care commodities

383.111 383.606 385.185 1.6 0.5 0.4

Medical care services

589.903 590.713 591.964 2.4 0.3 0.2

Professional services

410.014 410.421 407.914 2.7 -0.5 -0.6

Recreation(2)

138.987 139.410 141.371 2.1 1.7 1.4

Education and communication(2)

140.885 140.499 140.613 0.3 -0.2 0.1

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(5)

1,557.702 1,558.500 1,555.193 3.6 -0.2 -0.2

Other goods and services

539.457 539.419 540.928 3.4 0.3 0.3

Footnotes
(1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
(2) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
(3) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
(4) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
(5) Indexes on a December 1977=100 base.

- Data not available.
Note: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

Table 2. South region CPI-U by special aggregate index for January 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Special aggregate index

Indexes Percent change from:
Historical
data
Nov.
2024
Dec.
2024
Jan.
2025
Jan.
2024
Nov.
2024
Dec.
2024

All items

306.877 307.007 308.911 2.8 0.7 0.6

Food

329.045 330.073 331.153 2.6 0.6 0.3

Energy

243.675 242.627 247.205 0.7 1.4 1.9

All items less food and energy

312.978 313.100 314.866 3.1 0.6 0.6

All items less energy

314.867 315.112 316.782 3.0 0.6 0.5

All items less medical care

293.971 294.071 295.995 2.9 0.7 0.7

All items less shelter

282.071 281.901 283.789 1.9 0.6 0.7

Commodities

219.331 218.912 219.937 0.7 0.3 0.5

Commodities less food

175.947 175.091 176.054 -0.4 0.1 0.5

Commodities less food & beverages

173.022 172.215 173.183 -0.5 0.1 0.6

Durables

124.804 124.514 124.840 -1.7 0.0 0.3

Nondurables

272.285 271.811 273.339 1.7 0.4 0.6

Nondurables less food

227.433 225.828 227.702 0.7 0.1 0.8

Nondurables less food & beverages

225.144 223.604 225.561 0.7 0.2 0.9

Services

395.302 395.979 398.781 4.1 0.9 0.7

Services less rent of shelter(1)

421.729 422.211 426.208 3.7 1.1 0.9

Services less medical care services

376.769 377.430 380.324 4.2 0.9 0.8

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, February 12, 2025