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

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Consumer Price Index, Anchorage area — February 2025

Area prices up 0.6 percent over the past two months, up 2.9 percent from a year ago

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Urban Alaska advanced 0.6 percent from December 2024 to February 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 0.7 percent. The food index rose 2.0 percent, while the energy index fell 2.2 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Anchorage area all items CPI-U advanced 2.9 percent for the 12 months ending in February. The food index rose 5.1 percent, while the energy index fell 1.9 percent. The index for all items less food and energy increased 3.0 percent over the year.

Food

The food index advanced 2.0 percent from December 2024 to February 2025. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) advanced 3.0 percent, with higher prices in 5 of the 6 grocery categories. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) was unchanged for the same period.

The food index rose 5.1 percent over the year. The food at home index increased 4.1 percent, with higher prices in all six grocery categories. The food away from home index increased 7.8 percent.

Energy

The energy index fell 2.2 percent from December 2024 to February 2025. Gasoline prices declined 0.4 percent.

The energy index fell 1.9 percent from February 2024 to February 2025. Over the year, gasoline prices decreased 4.0 percent.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.7 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for medical care (+1.3 percent) and shelter (+1.1 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for recreation (-0.7 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 3.0 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for medical care (+8.3 percent) and shelter (+3.6 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for household furnishings and operations (-3.0 percent) and new and used motor vehicles (-0.1 percent).

Table A. Urban Alaska CPI-U 2-month and 12-month percent changes, all items index, not seasonally adjusted
Month 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month

February

 1.0 1.3 1.1 7.4 0.1 4.3 0.1 1.7 0.6 2.9

April

 1.8 4.8 1.9 7.5 0.8 3.1 2.2 3.2

June

 2.5 6.2 7.1 12.4 0.4 -3.3 0.2 2.9

August

 0.3 5.7 -4.0 7.6 1.3 2.0 -0.1 1.5

October

 1.2 6.3 1.1 7.6 0.2 1.1 0.8 2.1

December

 0.4 7.2 -1.7 5.4 -1.1 1.8 -0.8 2.3

The April 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Anchorage area is scheduled to be released on May 13, 2025.

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 Urban Alaska 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.

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 Urban Alaska area covered in this release consists of Anchorage and Matanuska-Susitna Borough in the State of Alaska.

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. Urban Alaska, 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

 267.312 - 269.022 2.9 0.6 -

All items (1967=100)

 713.492 - 718.058      

Food and beverages

 264.800 - 269.878 4.9 1.9 -

Food

 274.793 - 280.247 5.1 2.0 -

Food at home

 259.042 268.385 266.722 4.1 3.0 -0.6

Cereals and bakery products

 255.131 267.087 266.241 0.7 4.4 -0.3

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 239.006 250.474 253.176 9.2 5.9 1.1

Dairy and related products

 260.046 260.472 263.350 10.5 1.3 1.1

Fruits and vegetables

 423.387 421.680 408.467 2.6 -3.5 -3.1

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

 178.434 188.628 188.581 1.9 5.7 0.0

Other food at home

 212.324 223.819 221.535 2.4 4.3 -1.0

Food away from home

 306.093 - 306.108 7.8 0.0 -

Alcoholic beverages

 - - 169.341 - - -

Housing

 239.920 - 242.270 2.9 1.0 -

Shelter

 245.557 246.915 248.355 3.6 1.1 0.6

Rent of primary residence

 247.269 247.815 249.781 5.1 1.0 0.8

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

 248.377 249.272 250.483 4.1 0.8 0.5

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

 248.377 249.272 250.483 4.1 0.8 0.5

Household furnishings and operations

 132.260 - 136.518 -3.0 3.2 -

Apparel

 154.266 - 162.736 2.5 5.5 -

Transportation

 280.710 - 275.589 0.8 -1.8 -

Private transportation

 285.396 - 288.003 2.6 0.9 -

New and used motor vehicles(3)

 124.004 - 124.831 -0.1 0.7 -

New vehicles(1)

 268.033 - 265.759 -1.4 -0.8 -

Used cars and trucks(1)

 332.379 - 335.125 -0.4 0.8 -

Motor fuel

 284.459 279.688 283.281 -4.2 -0.4 1.3

Gasoline (all types)

 286.054 281.114 284.807 -4.0 -0.4 1.3

Unleaded regular(4)

 273.290 268.539 272.339 -4.3 -0.3 1.4

Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

 281.120 275.510 278.309 -3.3 -1.0 1.0

Unleaded premium(4)

 301.082 296.067 298.920 -2.7 -0.7 1.0

Medical Care

 798.708 - 808.840 8.3 1.3 -

Recreation(3)

 139.321 - 138.301 -0.2 -0.7 -

Education and communication(3)

 114.200 - 114.891 1.6 0.6 -

Tuition, other school fees, and child care(1)

 823.183 - 823.378 4.0 0.0 -

Other goods and services

 502.764 - 512.505 3.0 1.9 -

Footnotes
(1) Index is on a January 1978=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. Data not seasonally adjusted.

Table 2. Urban Alaska, 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

 267.312 - 269.022 2.9 0.6 -

Food

 274.793 - 280.247 5.1 2.0 -

Energy

 337.224 331.594 329.866 -1.9 -2.2 -0.5

All items less food and energy

 262.521 - 264.279 3.0 0.7 -

All items less energy

 263.590 - 265.769 3.3 0.8 -

All items less medical care

 249.480 - 250.868 2.5 0.6 -

All items less shelter

 275.900 - 276.835 2.5 0.3 -

Commodities

 208.565 - 211.710 1.4 1.5 -

Commodities less food

 180.267 - 182.512 -0.6 1.2 -

Commodities less food & beverages

 180.448 - 182.736 -0.7 1.3 -

Durables

 136.737 - 137.154 -1.5 0.3 -

Nondurables

 250.763 - 255.984 3.0 2.1 -

Nondurables less food & beverages

 232.186 - 237.480 0.1 2.3 -

Nondurables less food

 227.625 - 232.609 0.2 2.2 -

Services

 319.944 - 320.715 4.2 0.2 -

Services less rent of shelter(1)

 444.150 - 440.411 4.8 -0.8 -

Services less medical care services

 291.537 - 291.954 3.8 0.1 -

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