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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > CPI Summary

Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card

Monthly and Bimonthly Indexes

Consumer Price Indexes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city averages and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item U.S. city average Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington Washington-Arlington-Alexandria(1) Baltimore-Columbia-Towson(1) Northeast region South region
Aug
2023		 Percent change from
Aug
2022		 Aug
2023		 Percent change from
Aug
2022		 Aug
2023		 Percent change from
Aug
2022		 Aug
2023		 Percent change from
Aug
2022		 Aug
2023		 Percent change from
Aug
2022		 Aug
2023		 Percent change from
Aug
2022

All items

 307.026 3.7 305.742 3.9     307.978 3.1 315.441 2.8 298.975 4.1

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 919.713   883.273       921.138   496.723   484.979  

Food and beverages

 321.578 4.2 293.358 3.8     326.189 4.4 323.245 4.0 316.753 4.5

Food

 324.100 4.3 295.847 4.4     326.131 4.2 325.432 4.0 320.551 4.6

Food at home

 303.716 3.0 301.578 2.8 287.580 -0.3 289.406 2.7 305.792 2.4 301.524 3.4

Cereals and bakery products

 356.563 6.0 410.679 1.4 382.128 0.3 352.860 -1.4 387.495 5.9 363.566 6.0

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 318.944 0.0 326.982 -3.5 305.544 -3.2 294.867 0.1 306.112 -1.8 312.203 -0.2

Dairy and related products

 268.281 0.3 234.758 0.2 279.273 -2.2 273.233 0.7 277.180 1.6 269.557 0.3

Fruits and vegetables

 350.428 2.1 301.499 4.4 293.045 0.3 310.736 -1.1 352.615 0.5 332.595 3.4

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 216.642 4.8 203.553 8.2 256.185 3.1 217.335 8.8 216.826 6.2 214.931 5.8

Other food at home

 271.648 4.5 295.207 5.9 245.479 0.9 276.557 8.6 279.270 4.0 271.688 5.1

Food away from home

 356.083 6.5 279.624 6.9     376.732 6.9 359.368 7.0 352.143 6.7

Alcoholic beverages

 285.859 3.7 255.338 -3.6     323.220 7.6 293.065 3.8 263.807 3.1

Housing

 321.894 5.7 323.937 6.5     308.202 4.9 337.346 4.6 301.627 6.6

Shelter

 383.221 7.3 398.086 7.4 380.334 5.8 358.991 4.5 413.698 6.4 350.941 8.5

Rent of primary residence

 402.247 7.8 371.788 7.7 407.924 4.9 416.262 5.2 416.497 6.6 375.042 9.4

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 392.794 7.3 407.564 7.4 389.366 6.1 378.468 4.9 428.680 6.6 352.581 8.6

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 392.863 7.3 407.564 7.4 389.366 6.1 378.468 4.9 428.290 6.6 352.569 8.6

Fuels and utilities

 305.887 -1.2 273.223 0.9     300.826 8.3 288.771 -5.2 293.595 -0.6

Household energy

 256.889 -3.2 225.845 0.7 225.787 -3.2 265.058 7.7 257.022 -7.2 239.735 -2.5

Energy services

 260.448 -2.7 235.561 2.9 231.295 -2.6 285.680 10.3 249.752 -6.1 239.770 -2.3

Electricity

 270.752 2.1 236.945 9.5 259.364 5.9 270.879 17.7 264.393 1.1 236.616 0.0

Utility (piped) gas service

 224.539 -16.5 214.934 -10.4 159.990 -23.1 208.678 -29.4 204.401 -19.6 240.988 -14.9

Household furnishings and operations

 148.295 2.2 144.647 6.0     145.198 4.4 144.347 2.5 147.507 2.0

Apparel

 131.262 3.1 112.350 0.1     130.776 2.0 135.581 3.1 139.961 3.4

Transportation

 274.220 1.4 271.899 0.9     278.513 0.2 264.568 1.2 276.864 2.1

Private transportation

 274.660 2.0 283.340 1.9     285.717 -0.3 264.688 1.8 280.107 2.5

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 129.864 -1.0 136.510 1.4     140.506 0.3 129.859 1.4 131.609 -2.4

New vehicles(3)

 179.691 2.9 239.279 3.4     281.046 2.7 175.463 3.4 187.690 2.7

Used cars and trucks(3)

 198.768 -6.6 369.749 -7.0     346.110 -7.0 209.769 -6.7 199.079 -6.8

Motor fuel

 338.207 -3.7 352.600 -8.7 358.278 -5.2 330.417 -2.9 321.648 -9.5 316.698 -0.9

Gasoline

 336.979 -3.3 348.054 -8.8 353.368 -5.2 322.612 -2.9 321.226 -9.1 315.327 -0.4

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 733.141 19.1                    

Medical care

 548.082 -1.0 590.806 -1.5     498.532 -1.0 558.709 -3.8 516.547 -1.5

Recreation(5)

 136.102 3.5 134.441 2.4     142.613 3.2 139.616 1.7 135.463 3.0

Education and communication(5)

 145.174 1.0 137.893 2.0     162.404 1.6 154.896 1.3 140.453 1.4

Tuition, other school fees, and child care(3)

 840.815 3.1 1,143.332 3.5     1,353.793 3.1 1,405.852 3.3 1,481.521 3.9

Other goods and services

 540.270 5.8 683.713 8.4     525.665 6.3 589.401 5.0 511.735 4.6

Energy

 294.328 -3.6 272.718 -3.4 289.111 -4.0 304.289 2.4 283.238 -8.3 269.420 -2.2

Footnotes
(1) 1998-2017 indexes based on a substantially smaller sample.
(2) For the Northeast and the South, Dec. 1977=100.
(3) For Washington, Nov. 1977=100. For Baltimore, March 1978=100. For Philadelphia, December 1977=100.
(4) For the U.S., Philadelphia, Northeast, & South, Dec. 1982 = 100. For Washington & Baltimore, Nov. 1982=100.
(5) December 1997=100.

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, CBSA includes Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania; Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Salem Counties in New Jersey; New Castle County in Delaware; and Cecil County in Maryland.

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, CBSA includes the District of Columbia; Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, Prince George's in Maryland; Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Rappahannock, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties, and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia; and Jefferson County in West Virginia.

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, CBSA includes Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Carroll, Harford, Howard, Queen Anne's Counties in Maryland.

Northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

South region includes the District of Columbia and the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

 

Consumer Price Indexes for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), U.S. city averages and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item U.S. city average Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington Washington-Arlington-Alexandria(1) Baltimore-Columbia-Towson(1) Northeast region South region
Aug
2023		 Percent change from
Aug
2022		 Aug
2023		 Percent change from
Aug
2022		 Aug
2023		 Percent change from
Aug
2022		 Aug
2023		 Percent change from
Aug
2022		 Aug
2023		 Percent change from
Aug
2022		 Aug
2023		 Percent change from
Aug
2022

All items

 301.551 3.4 307.465 4.0     303.797 3.2 312.708 2.4 294.901 3.9

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 898.229   893.084       905.627   488.432   477.624  

Food and beverages

 321.227 4.3 302.330 4.9     323.960 4.8 321.724 3.8 316.124 4.6

Food

 322.809 4.3 303.562 5.1     323.743 4.4 323.427 3.8 318.712 4.7

Food at home

 303.517 2.9 312.599 3.6 283.883 -0.5 293.520 2.4 305.267 2.2 299.636 3.2

Cereals and bakery products

 359.179 6.1 427.536 4.4 358.882 -1.9 340.566 -2.3 387.125 6.2 363.902 6.2

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 319.883 0.2 334.136 -1.5 300.546 -2.5 307.473 0.8 305.276 -1.9 310.361 -0.3

Dairy and related products

 265.767 0.0 236.574 -0.4 274.367 -2.4 253.412 0.9 276.442 1.3 264.537 -0.1

Fruits and vegetables

 347.635 1.9 289.401 -1.2 299.151 0.4 327.372 -1.2 353.183 -0.2 331.259 3.0

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 217.233 5.1 222.878 13.5 270.816 6.5 218.933 8.8 217.997 6.0 214.118 6.2

Other food at home

 271.080 4.6 303.051 6.5 240.061 0.3 260.990 6.9 280.470 4.4 269.750 5.1

Food away from home

 356.805 6.7 282.406 7.0     374.527 6.6 360.075 6.8 351.592 6.9

Alcoholic beverages

 292.784 4.0 271.449 2.7     328.645 10.3 292.506 4.4 273.000 2.9

Housing

 318.045 5.6 324.525 6.6     317.781 5.2 336.284 4.4 302.634 6.6

Shelter

 375.345 7.3 403.831 7.4 377.555 5.3 373.072 4.5 408.124 6.2 352.849 8.6

Rent of primary residence

 400.094 7.9 371.788 7.7 407.924 4.9 416.262 5.2 410.798 6.6 372.741 9.4

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 354.437 7.2 362.455 7.4 354.867 6.1 343.307 4.9 376.918 6.5 327.682 8.5

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 354.452 7.2 362.455 7.4 354.867 6.1 343.307 4.9 376.966 6.5 327.646 8.5

Fuels and utilities

 303.230 -1.6 270.351 0.9     292.211 10.3 289.267 -5.7 294.045 -1.1

Household energy

 254.311 -3.5 225.417 0.9 227.678 -3.1 254.342 9.5 257.517 -7.6 238.116 -3.0

Energy services

 258.603 -3.2 237.102 2.5 237.686 -1.1 282.343 9.9 250.690 -6.9 239.688 -2.8

Electricity

 266.421 1.4 236.943 9.5 259.364 5.9 270.877 17.7 264.796 0.8 233.389 -1.2

Utility (piped) gas service

 224.102 -18.1 214.930 -10.4 159.991 -23.1 208.677 -29.4 207.589 -20.3 247.166 -15.3

Household furnishings and operations

 141.837 2.2 138.338 9.2     128.936 5.0 140.701 4.4 138.543 3.2

Apparel

 131.324 3.3 121.727 -1.9     133.171 1.1 135.366 2.7 139.979 3.8

Transportation

 279.799 1.7 291.772 0.7     268.779 1.9 269.825 0.4 277.683 2.3

Private transportation

 279.590 2.1 299.900 1.1     273.722 1.9 268.248 0.7 279.242 2.7

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 129.658 -1.9 139.030 -1.0     137.474 1.4 128.713 -0.6 128.003 -3.7

New vehicles(3)

 179.842 2.8 248.988 3.4     274.112 2.7 172.863 3.3 184.892 2.7

Used cars and trucks(3)

 200.136 -6.6 369.732 -7.0     346.128 -7.0 209.689 -6.7 200.650 -6.8

Motor fuel

 339.625 -3.4 353.464 -8.7 353.810 -6.2 334.206 -2.2 319.426 -9.8 316.041 -0.6

Gasoline

 338.678 -3.0 348.054 -8.8 353.370 -5.2 322.628 -2.9 319.944 -9.2 315.118 -0.1

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 742.366 19.6                    

Medical care

 553.695 -1.7 580.899 -1.6     502.630 -1.3 548.982 -5.9 529.436 -1.7

Recreation(5)

 129.351 3.0 129.323 3.1     123.154 0.0 140.529 1.5 128.630 2.6

Education and communication(5)

 130.519 0.5 125.547 1.4     145.682 1.0 139.032 0.7 122.714 0.7

Tuition, other school fees, and child care(3)

 804.831 3.3 1,097.017 3.9     1,313.861 2.9 1,402.123 3.5 1,347.208 4.4

Other goods and services

 594.298 5.2 718.152 2.2     689.337 6.5 684.487 4.7 556.917 4.1

Energy

 295.157 -3.5 271.477 -3.2 295.739 -5.5 295.997 4.6 284.041 -8.6 270.066 -2.0

Footnotes
(1) 1998-2017 indexes based on a substantially smaller sample.
(2) For the Northeast and the South, Dec. 1977=100.
(3) For Washington, Nov. 1977=100. For Baltimore, March 1978=100. For Philadelphia, December 1977=100.
(4) For the U.S., Philadelphia, Northeast, & South, Dec. 1982 = 100. For Washington & Baltimore, Nov. 1984=100.
(5) December 1997=100.

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, CBSA includes Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania; Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Salem Counties in New Jersey; New Castle County in Delaware; and Cecil County in Maryland.

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, CBSA includes the District of Columbia; Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, Prince George's in Maryland; Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Rappahannock, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties, and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia; and Jefferson County in West Virginia.

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, CBSA includes Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Carroll, Harford, Howard, Queen Anne's Counties in Maryland.

Northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

South region includes the District of Columbia and the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

 

Consumer Price Indexes and percent changes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), all items, U.S. city averages and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Area Index Percent change to
Aug 2023 from --
Jul
2023		 Aug
2023		 Aug
2022		 Jun
2023		 Jul
2023

U.S. city average

 305.691 307.026 3.7 0.6 0.4

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 283.528 283.957 2.3 0.1 0.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 321.931 324.050 3.3 0.6 0.7

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

 322.496 324.380 3.5 1.0 0.6

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

 324.746        

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 288.006        

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

 323.298        

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 292.223        

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

 129.525        

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

 362.412        

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL(2)

 292.974        

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV(3)

 305.273        

Urban Hawaii

 325.836        

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

   308.336 4.4 1.1  

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

   307.978 3.1 0.5  

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

   287.480 5.9 0.6  

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

   271.154 2.7 1.0  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

   339.347 7.8 1.2  

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

   305.742 3.9 0.8  

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

   180.387 3.7 0.1  

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

   340.094 3.4 0.0  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

   344.449 5.4 0.8  

St. Louis, MO-IL

   277.451 3.1 0.2  

Urban Alaska

   263.407 2.0 1.3  

Footnotes
(1) December 2017=100.
(2) 1987=100.
(3) 1998-2017 indexes based on a substantially smaller sample.
(4) December 2001=100.

 

Consumer Price Indexes and percent changes for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), all items, U.S. city averages and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Area Index Percent change to
Aug 2023 from --
Jul
2023		 Aug
2023		 Aug
2022		 Jun
2023		 Jul
2023

U.S. city average

 299.899 301.551 3.4 0.7 0.6

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 274.883 275.546 1.9 0.2 0.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 310.595 312.407 2.7 0.6 0.6

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

 316.105 318.290 3.0 1.0 0.7

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

 326.501        

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 298.461        

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

 315.204        

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 289.111        

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

 130.173        

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

 344.314        

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL(2)

 290.367        

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV(3)

 301.689        

Urban Hawaii

 325.181        

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

   302.374 4.3 1.6  

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

   303.797 3.2 0.6  

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

   280.612 4.3 -0.5  

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

   267.684 2.9 1.6  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

   335.172 8.0 1.6  

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

   307.465 4.0 1.2  

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

   180.405 4.2 0.3  

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

   336.663 3.3 0.3  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

   339.034 5.1 0.9  

St. Louis, MO-IL

   275.972 2.7 0.3  

Urban Alaska

   261.240 1.4 1.5  

Footnotes
(1) December 2017=100.
(2) 1987=100.
(3) 1998-2017 indexes based on a substantially smaller sample.
(4) December 2001=100.