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25-1162-ATL
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

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Consumer Price Index, South Region — June 2025

Regional prices increased 0.3 percent in June, up 2.3 percent over the last year

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the South region increased 0.3 percent in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent over the month. The index for energy increased 1.4 percent in June and the index for food rose 0.2 percent. (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 2.3 percent for the 12 months ending June, after increasing 2.0 percent for the 12 months ending May. The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.6 percent over the last 12 months. The food index increased 2.8 percent for the 12 months ending June. The energy index fell 2.2 percent over the last year.


Food

The index for food rose 0.2 percent in June. The index for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 0.6 percent over the month. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) was unchanged in June.

The index for food rose 2.8 percent over the last 12 months. The food away from home index rose 3.9 percent over the past year. The food at home index increased 2.0 percent over the same period, as five of the six major grocery store food group indexes increased. Within the food at home category, the index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs rose 6.3 percent over the last 12 months.

Energy

The energy index increased 1.4 percent in June. The electricity index rose 2.8 percent over the month. The index for gasoline increased 0.4 percent in June and the index for natural gas rose 0.3 percent.

The energy index decreased 2.2 percent over the past 12 months. The gasoline index fell 9.5 percent over this 12-month span. In contrast, the index for electricity rose 5.5 percent over the last 12 months and the index for natural gas increased 10.6 percent.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent in June. The index for household furnishings and operations increased 1.5 percent over the month. Other indexes with notable increases in June include owners’ equivalent rent (+0.2 percent), medical care (+0.5 percent), and used cars and trucks (+1.3 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.6 percent over the past 12 months. The shelter index (+3.5 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 3.8 percent over the last year. The index for rent increased 2.7 percent over this 12-month span.

The Consumer Price Index for July 2025 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).

Rebasing of selected Consumer Price Index series

With the publication of July 2025 data on August 12, 2025, several CPI series will be rebased to December 2024 = 100. When new base years are introduced, BLS recalculates each index back to the beginning of that series to ensure continuity. A complete list of indexes to be rebased is available at www.bls.gov/cpi/additional-resources/rebased-series.htm.


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.

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. South region CPI-U by expenditure category for June 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Expenditure category

Indexes Percent change from:
Historical
data
Apr.
2025
May
2025
Jun.
2025
Jun.
2024
Apr.
2025
May
2025

All items

311.087 311.514 312.330 2.3 0.4 0.3

All items (December 1977 = 100)

504.626 505.320 506.642 - - -

Food and beverages

329.159 329.978 330.654 2.7 0.5 0.2

Food

333.203 334.098 334.834 2.8 0.5 0.2

Food at home

309.515 310.189 310.100 2.0 0.2 0.0

Cereals and bakery products

362.349 363.087 364.382 -0.5 0.6 0.4

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

339.900 338.443 337.984 6.3 -0.6 -0.1

Dairy and related products

275.328 274.807 274.490 2.0 -0.3 -0.1

Fruits and vegetables

331.094 334.496 333.190 0.5 0.6 -0.4

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials

221.402 221.456 222.133 2.7 0.3 0.3

Other food at home

274.860 276.144 276.042 0.5 0.4 0.0

Food away from home

373.342 374.616 376.770 3.9 0.9 0.6

Alcoholic beverages

272.935 272.699 272.535 1.6 -0.1 -0.1

Housing

322.648 323.191 324.219 3.8 0.5 0.3

Shelter

377.595 378.346 378.263 3.5 0.2 0.0

Rent of primary residence

400.996 401.118 401.626 2.7 0.2 0.1

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(1)

380.456 381.490 382.117 3.8 0.4 0.2

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(1)

380.387 381.417 382.039 3.8 0.4 0.2

Fuels and utilities

314.495 314.751 320.373 5.8 1.9 1.8

Household energy

255.903 256.038 262.125 6.0 2.4 2.4

Energy services

256.241 256.468 262.732 6.2 2.5 2.4

Electricity

250.587 251.205 258.255 5.5 3.1 2.8

Utility (piped) gas service

272.828 270.552 271.350 10.6 -0.5 0.3

Household furnishings and operations

150.526 150.544 152.834 3.9 1.5 1.5

Apparel

142.585 141.106 140.726 -0.9 -1.3 -0.3

Transportation

271.702 271.654 272.061 -0.8 0.1 0.1

Private transportation

274.143 274.061 275.010 -0.7 0.3 0.3

New and used motor vehicles(2)

126.382 126.749 127.632 0.9 1.0 0.7

New vehicles

185.980 185.837 185.514 0.2 -0.3 -0.2

New cars(3)

183.462 183.239 183.202 0.5 -0.1 0.0

Used cars and trucks

181.684 183.027 185.435 2.3 2.1 1.3

Motor fuel

259.694 257.100 258.219 -9.5 -0.6 0.4

Gasoline (all types)

258.601 256.094 257.221 -9.5 -0.5 0.4

Gasoline, unleaded regular(3)

251.310 248.659 249.771 -9.9 -0.6 0.4

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(3)(4)

296.209 294.474 295.565 -7.9 -0.2 0.4

Gasoline, unleaded premium(3)

292.245 290.867 292.038 -7.0 -0.1 0.4

Medical care

543.438 544.384 546.841 2.5 0.6 0.5

Medical care commodities

383.574 384.904 385.914 0.0 0.6 0.3

Medical care services

596.913 597.713 600.675 3.1 0.6 0.5

Professional services

411.866 412.053 414.216 3.4 0.6 0.5

Recreation(2)

140.214 141.302 141.542 2.1 0.9 0.2

Education and communication(2)

140.461 140.326 140.925 -0.6 0.3 0.4

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(5)

1,560.186 1,560.692 1,567.451 2.7 0.5 0.4

Other goods and services

547.746 549.467 549.868 3.4 0.4 0.1

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 June 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Special aggregate index

Indexes Percent change from:
Historical
data
Apr.
2025
May
2025
Jun.
2025
Jun.
2024
Apr.
2025
May
2025

All items

311.087 311.514 312.330 2.3 0.4 0.3

Food

333.203 334.098 334.834 2.8 0.5 0.2

Energy

252.272 251.106 254.699 -2.2 1.0 1.4

All items less food and energy

316.772 317.300 317.838 2.6 0.3 0.2

All items less energy

318.706 319.284 319.848 2.7 0.4 0.2

All items less medical care

298.108 298.508 299.238 2.3 0.4 0.2

All items less shelter

285.853 286.149 287.346 1.6 0.5 0.4

Commodities

221.645 221.770 222.467 0.1 0.4 0.3

Commodities less food

177.582 177.464 178.118 -1.4 0.3 0.4

Commodities less food & beverages

174.668 174.554 175.223 -1.5 0.3 0.4

Durables

125.339 125.588 126.249 -0.3 0.7 0.5

Nondurables

275.928 275.907 276.509 0.2 0.2 0.2

Nondurables less food

230.706 229.970 230.467 -2.4 -0.1 0.2

Nondurables less food & beverages

228.562 227.794 228.331 -2.7 -0.1 0.2

Services

401.424 402.163 403.095 3.5 0.4 0.2

Services less rent of shelter(1)

428.989 429.753 432.077 3.6 0.7 0.5

Services less medical care services

382.766 383.494 384.262 3.6 0.4 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: Tuesday, July 15, 2025