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Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic

 
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, all items, in the U.S., Northeast, and South, and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Area

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data
Annual
average
2023
Feb
2024
Mar
2024
Percent change
Annual
average
2022 to
2023
12 months
ended
Feb
2024
Mar
2024

U.S. City Average

304.702 310.326 312.332 4.1 3.2 3.5

Northeast region(1)

313.786 319.577 321.741 3.5 2.4 3.4

Northeast City Size Class (population)

A (over 2.5 million)

317.244 323.953 325.503 3.9 2.9 3.5

B/C (2.5 million or less)(2)

184.975 187.790 189.446 2.8 1.9 3.2

South region(3)

296.422 303.144 304.490 4.5 3.7 3.8

South City Size Class (population)

A (over 2.5 million)

302.420 309.562 310.723 4.7 4.1 3.9

B/C (2.5 million or less)(2)

187.155 191.338 192.264 4.4 3.5 3.7

Metropolitan areas

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD(4)

303.300 311.227   4.4 3.4  

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV(4)(5)

305.317   313.108 3.1   3.4

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(4)(5)

306.009 311.665   3.8 2.6  

Footnotes
(1) The Northeast region includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
(2) December 1996=100.
(3) The South region includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
(4) Published in alternate months.
(5) 1998-2017 indexes based on a substantially smaller sample.

Source: Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.