The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario advanced 1.0 percent for the two months ending in March 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the all items less food and energy index increased 0.9 percent. The food index rose 0.1 percent, and the energy index increased 3.3 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Riverside area all items CPI-U increased 2.5 percent for the 12 months ending in March. The index for all items less food and energy increased 3.1 percent over the year. The food index rose 3.7 percent, while the energy index decreased 4.9 percent.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, March 2022–March 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Mar 2022	10.0	6.9
May 2022	9.4	6.2
Jul 2022	9.2	6.2
Sep 2022	8.4	6.0
Nov 2022	7.5	6.4
Jan 2023	7.3	6.3
Mar 2023	4.6	5.9
May 2023	3.9	5.8
Jul 2023	3.4	5.1
Sep 2023	4.9	5.5
Nov 2023	4.3	5.1
Jan 2024	2.9	4.4
Mar 2024	4.3	4.7
May 2024	4.0	4.1
Jul 2024	2.8	3.6
Sep 2024	1.4	2.8
Nov 2024	1.1	1.9
Jan 2025	2.9	3.3
Mar 2025	2.5	3.1

The food index advanced 0.1 percent from January to March. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) declined 0.8 percent, with lower prices in 3 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 1.1 percent for the same period.

The food index rose 3.7 percent over the year. The food at home index advanced 2.3 percent, with higher prices in 3 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index rose 5.3 percent.

The energy index advanced 3.3 percent from January to March. Gasoline prices increased 4.3 percent.

The energy index decreased 4.9 percent from March 2024 to March 2025. Over the year, gasoline prices decreased 6.5 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 0.9 percent from January to March. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for apparel (+11.8 percent) and shelter (+1.1 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for medical care (-1.7 percent) and household furnishings and operations (-1.2 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 3.1 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for apparel (+6.4 percent) and shelter (+4.4 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for education and communication (-4.1 percent) and recreation (-0.3 percent).

The May 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Riverside area is scheduled to be released on June 11, 2025.

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 Riverside 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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Core Based Statistical Area includes Riverside and San Bernardino Counties in California.

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Table 1. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, CPI-U by expenditure category for March 2025, not seasonally adjusted (December 2017=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025
All Items		135.215	-	136.511	2.5	1.0	-
Food and beverages		139.318	-	139.555	3.7	0.2	-
Food		140.667	-	140.754	3.7	0.1	-
Food at home		135.076	133.096	134.025	2.3	-0.8	0.7
Cereals and bakery products		153.935	153.507	154.610	1.9	0.4	0.7
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		150.220	146.431	144.978	8.5	-3.5	-1.0
Dairy and related products		116.880	112.767	110.668	-0.1	-5.3	-1.9
Fruits and vegetables		131.080	125.920	124.248	-1.7	-5.2	-1.3
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials		130.744	133.595	133.537	-1.2	2.1	0.0
Other food at home		123.660	123.155	128.752	2.3	4.1	4.5
Food away from home		148.866	-	150.563	5.3	1.1	-
Alcoholic beverages		113.768	-	115.658	3.4	1.7	-
Housing		143.061	-	144.347	3.3	0.9	-
Shelter		143.614	144.276	145.231	4.4	1.1	0.7
Rent of primary residence		148.270	150.206	150.856	4.9	1.7	0.4
Owners' equiv. rent of residences		142.751	144.062	144.945	4.9	1.5	0.6
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence		142.751	144.062	144.945	4.9	1.5	0.6
Household furnishings and operations		119.737	-	118.315	-0.2	-1.2	-
Apparel		107.791	-	120.543	6.4	11.8	-
Transportation		139.916	-	141.682	1.4	1.3	-
Private transportation		142.802	-	145.525	2.2	1.9	-
New and used motor vehicles		117.930	-	117.300	1.1	-0.5	-
New vehicles		115.452	-	114.974	0.6	-0.4	-
Used cars and trucks		132.659	-	133.683	1.5	0.8	-
Motor fuel		143.608	151.095	149.603	-6.4	4.2	-1.0
Gasoline (all types)		143.403	151.025	149.613	-6.5	4.3	-0.9
Unleaded regular(1)		143.448	151.285	149.931	-6.7	4.5	-0.9
Unleaded midgrade(1)		144.533	151.709	150.065	-6.5	3.8	-1.1
Unleaded premium(1)		142.395	149.229	147.629	-6.0	3.7	-1.1
Medical Care		131.678	-	129.448	1.4	-1.7	-
Recreation		113.102	-	113.436	-0.3	0.3	-
Education and communication		106.929	-	106.072	-4.1	-0.8	-
Tuition, other school fees, and child care		132.969	-	132.985	3.0	0.0	-
Other goods and services		125.424	-	131.125	4.5	4.5	-
Footnotes (1) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Data not seasonally adjusted.

Table 2. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, CPI-U by special aggregate index for March 2025, not seasonally adjusted (December 2017=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025
All items		135.215	-	136.511	2.5	1.0	-
Food		140.667	-	140.754	3.7	0.1	-
Energy		154.007	159.789	159.047	-4.9	3.3	-0.5
All items less food and energy		132.187	-	133.403	3.1	0.9	-
All items less energy		133.349	-	134.395	3.2	0.8	-
All items less medical care		135.484	-	137.029	2.6	1.1	-
All items less shelter		130.875	-	132.005	1.5	0.9	-
Commodities		125.793	-	127.140	0.6	1.1	-
Commodities less food		118.137	-	120.121	-1.3	1.7	-
Commodities less food & beverages		118.278	-	120.266	-1.5	1.7	-
Durables		110.404	-	110.088	-1.5	-0.3	-
Nondurables		133.070	-	135.272	1.6	1.7	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		126.028	-	130.671	-0.9	3.7	-
Nondurables less food		125.406	-	129.812	-0.7	3.5	-
Services		141.804	-	143.061	3.7	0.9	-
Services less rent of shelter		139.006	-	139.740	2.7	0.5	-
Services less medical care services		142.908	-	144.299	3.9	1.0	-
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.