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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southeast > News Release
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Tuesday, May 12, 2026

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Consumer Price Index, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach — April 2026

Area prices rose 1.9 percent over the two months, up 3.8 percent over the year

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.

  Chart 1. Line chart of the over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, April 2023–April 2026. An accessible version is available in View Chart Data link below the chart.
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Food

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.

Energy

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.

All items less food and energy

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).

Rebasing of Selected Consumer Price Index Series

Effective with this release, several CPI series were 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 that were 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 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.

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 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.

 

Last Modified Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2026