The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario advanced 0.2 percent for the two months ending in July 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the index for all items less food and energy advanced 0.8 percent during the two-month period. The food index decreased 0.1 percent, and the energy index declined 5.3 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 3.5 percent for the 12 months ending in July. The index for all items less food and energy increased 3.9 percent over the year. The food index rose 3.5 percent, while energy index declined 1.8 percent.

  

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

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
May 2025	2.6	3.3
Jul 2025	3.5	3.9

The food index decreased 0.1 percent for the two months ending in July. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) declined 0.2 percent. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) was unchanged for the same period.

The food index increased 3.5 percent over the year. The food at home index rose 2.1 percent. The food away from home index advanced 5.4 percent.

The energy index declined 5.3 percent for the two months ending in July. Gasoline prices decreased 5.5 percent.

The energy index decreased 1.8 percent over the year. Gasoline prices fell 5.2 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 0.8 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for medical care (+5.4 percent) and shelter (+0.8 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-5.1 percent) and education and communication (-1.2 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 3.9 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for medical care (+6.8 percent) and shelter (+3.4 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for education and communication (-2.8 percent).

The September 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Riverside area is scheduled to be released on October 15, 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 July 2025, not seasonally adjusted (December 2017=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	May 2025	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025	Jul. 2024	May 2025	Jun. 2025
All Items		137.456	-	137.708	3.5	0.2	-
Food and beverages		140.683	-	140.564	3.7	-0.1	-
Food		142.044	-	141.858	3.5	-0.1	-
Food at home		134.528	134.224	134.206	2.1	-0.2	0.0
Cereals and bakery products		-	-	-	-	-	-
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		-	-	-	-	-	-
Dairy and related products		115.627	109.483	117.515	6.1	1.6	7.3
Fruits and vegetables		123.626	124.110	117.345	-11.3	-5.1	-5.5
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials		140.059	137.957	137.420	6.5	-1.9	-0.4
Other food at home		126.098	128.420	128.011	2.2	1.5	-0.3
Food away from home		152.969	-	152.975	5.4	0.0	-
Alcoholic beverages		-	-	-	-	-	-
Housing		144.329	-	145.271	3.5	0.7	-
Shelter		144.649	146.474	145.852	3.4	0.8	-0.4
Rent of primary residence		152.100	152.552	152.330	5.1	0.2	-0.1
Owners' equiv. rent of residences		145.244	146.075	145.981	4.9	0.5	-0.1
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence		145.244	146.075	145.981	4.9	0.5	-0.1
Household furnishings and operations		120.821	-	123.399	4.5	2.1	-
Apparel		122.368	-	116.092	5.8	-5.1	-
Transportation		144.908	-	142.414	4.0	-1.7	-
Private transportation		148.230	-	146.122	4.1	-1.4	-
New and used motor vehicles		117.646	-	117.528	1.3	-0.1	-
New vehicles		115.477	-	114.418	0.5	-0.9	-
Used cars and trucks		135.659	-	138.262	5.4	1.9	-
Motor fuel		152.661	148.129	144.532	-5.0	-5.3	-2.4
Gasoline (all types)		152.763	148.179	144.374	-5.2	-5.5	-2.6
Unleaded regular(1)		153.088	148.343	144.415	-5.4	-5.7	-2.6
Unleaded midgrade(1)		153.375	149.133	145.471	-4.8	-5.2	-2.5
Unleaded premium(1)		150.724	146.723	143.378	-4.5	-4.9	-2.3
Medical Care		130.911	-	138.039	6.8	5.4	-
Recreation		112.350	-	114.655	2.2	2.1	-
Education and communication		108.475	-	107.190	-2.8	-1.2	-
Tuition, other school fees, and child care		132.985	-	133.905	-	0.7	-
Other goods and services		-	-	-	-	-	-
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 July 2025, not seasonally adjusted (December 2017=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	May 2025	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025	Jul. 2024	May 2025	Jun. 2025
All items		137.456	-	137.708	3.5	0.2	-
Food		142.044	-	141.858	3.5	-0.1	-
Energy		162.034	155.244	153.388	-1.8	-5.3	-1.2
All items less food and energy		134.126	-	135.136	3.9	0.8	-
All items less energy		135.202	-	136.032	3.9	0.6	-
All items less medical care		137.937	-	137.704	3.2	-0.2	-
All items less shelter		133.740	-	133.500	3.5	-0.2	-
Commodities		128.815	-	127.721	1.8	-0.8	-
Commodities less food		121.989	-	120.436	0.7	-1.3	-
Commodities less food & beverages		122.258	-	120.601	0.5	-1.4	-
Durables		112.295	-	112.275	1.0	0.0	-
Nondurables		136.661	-	135.016	2.2	-1.2	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		132.389	-	128.850	0.4	-2.7	-
Nondurables less food		131.306	-	128.140	0.7	-2.4	-
Services		143.476	-	144.701	4.4	0.9	-
Services less rent of shelter		141.558	-	142.976	6.1	1.0	-
Services less medical care services		144.696	-	145.154	4.2	0.3	-
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.