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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
Mar
2023		 Percent change from
Mar
2022		 Mar
2023		 Percent change from
Mar
2022		 Mar
2023		 Percent change from
Mar
2022		 Mar
2023		 Percent change from
Mar
2022		 Mar
2023		 Percent change from
Mar
2022		 Mar
2023		 Percent change from
Mar
2022

All items

 301.836 5.0     302.930 3.7     311.243 4.3 293.358 5.3

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 904.167       894.334       490.113   475.868  

Food and beverages

 318.338 8.3     299.066 5.7     321.324 8.1 313.239 8.3

Food

 320.863 8.5     307.783 5.8     323.698 8.3 316.842 8.6

Food at home

 301.918 8.4 307.297 12.1 289.229 4.9 294.300 9.4 306.434 8.4 299.503 8.8

Cereals and bakery products

 353.866 13.6     386.810 6.7     382.573 14.0 361.946 13.5

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 318.306 4.3     313.396 1.2     311.801 4.9 310.830 4.3

Dairy and related products

 271.384 10.7     286.880 6.6     281.180 10.9 273.558 11.8

Fruits and vegetables

 345.814 2.5     300.469 5.1     351.421 1.6 326.672 2.1

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 216.329 11.3     255.404 5.7     216.027 12.4 214.703 13.6

Other food at home

 268.567 11.1     237.874 6.1     279.136 10.7 268.229 11.7

Food away from home

 349.944 8.8     332.381 7.3     352.173 8.2 345.117 8.2

Alcoholic beverages

 282.588 4.5     218.714 4.5     288.614 5.4 263.152 3.8

Housing

 316.514 7.8     314.680 5.2     333.279 6.4 295.573 9.3

Shelter

 374.971 8.2 386.602 7.8 373.375 5.3 352.019 6.5 404.754 6.3 341.971 9.9

Rent of primary residence

 392.910 8.8 361.569 8.0 406.243 6.5 402.278 6.9 407.727 6.7 364.547 11.4

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 383.502 8.0 395.377 7.3 379.670 4.9 371.246 6.6 417.564 5.9 342.975 9.9

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 383.578 8.1 395.377 7.3 379.670 4.9 371.246 6.6 417.206 5.9 342.969 9.9

Fuels and utilities

 304.032 7.3     277.237 7.5     301.409 7.8 288.244 (r)8.3

Household energy

 256.705 7.8 221.819 7.0 219.342 7.7 275.056 23.6 271.169 7.8 235.721 (r)9.5

Energy services

 259.647 9.2 231.066 12.4 223.023 7.9 292.098 25.2 265.174 12.3 235.229 (r)9.9

Electricity

 265.033 10.2 225.945 12.2 250.285 15.1 271.708 25.3 269.856 14.6 229.826 (r)10.7

Utility (piped) gas service

 238.182 5.5 225.809 11.9 153.845 -11.2 257.342 18.4 237.091 8.1 251.697 5.2

Household furnishings and operations

 149.230 5.6     132.044 3.3     144.868 5.7 149.782 6.1

Apparel

 133.112 3.3     168.135 5.0     138.005 2.6 142.281 4.2

Transportation

 261.969 -1.0     263.458 1.5     251.864 -0.1 263.496 -2.0

Private transportation

 260.495 -1.6     272.667 0.7     249.439 -0.7 264.889 -2.5

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 126.280 -0.1     127.321 3.5     124.647 2.4 128.373 -1.6

New vehicles(3)

 178.342 6.1     230.439 4.9     173.452 6.4 186.348 6.1

Used cars and trucks(3)

 184.997 -11.2     400.310 -11.2     194.785 -11.3 185.448 -11.4

Motor fuel

 304.575 -17.3 310.353 -19.8 315.956 -18.0 288.697 -17.2 287.636 -19.6 281.790 -20.0

Gasoline

 302.673 -17.4 306.283 -19.8 311.305 -18.2 281.499 -17.3 286.289 -19.6 279.761 -20.0

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 677.445 15.0                    

Medical care

 547.805 1.5     512.859 -2.7     561.165 -0.4 520.611 1.6

Recreation(5)

 135.693 4.8     127.342 4.4     138.262 1.7 135.715 5.4

Education and communication(5)

 145.481 1.4     164.029 1.8     154.764 1.3 140.731 1.3

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

 828.853 3.7     1,585.466 5.3     1,379.610 2.8 1,455.917 3.9

Other goods and services

 528.811 6.1     491.425 5.4     586.037 6.2 506.170 6.0

Energy

 279.084 -6.4 256.262 -5.3 267.858 -6.0 291.202 1.5 279.181 -5.0 251.710 -8.3

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.
(r) Revised

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
Feb
2023		 Percent change from
Feb
2022		 Feb
2023		 Percent change from
Feb
2022		 Feb
2023		 Percent change from
Feb
2022		 Feb
2023		 Percent change from
Feb
2022		 Feb
2023		 Percent change from
Feb
2022		 Feb
2023		 Percent change from
Feb
2022

All items

 295.057 5.8 301.365 6.2     298.667 5.9 309.272 5.7 287.708 6.0

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 878.883   875.365       890.336   483.066   465.975  

Food and beverages

 317.299 9.2 299.067 10.3     322.819 8.3 319.602 8.6 311.768 9.2

Food

 318.844 9.4 300.312 10.6     323.371 8.1 321.519 8.7 314.177 9.5

Food at home

 301.963 10.1 313.170 14.1 289.994 7.7 297.219 9.2 306.587 9.4 298.122 10.6

Cereals and bakery products

 352.917 14.7 417.711 17.3     344.410 10.4 377.791 13.6 358.557 14.9

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 321.656 6.7 341.667 9.0     313.938 6.4 313.277 5.6 314.099 7.5

Dairy and related products

 269.962 12.0 237.379 11.0     262.019 10.4 281.446 11.6 266.962 12.4

Fruits and vegetables

 347.715 5.1 297.081 4.3     340.124 3.8 361.915 5.2 329.625 5.1

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 215.974 12.3 219.493 13.4     226.839 22.2 216.485 11.4 211.760 13.8

Other food at home

 266.073 12.5 299.890 22.0     252.313 8.9 276.866 12.0 264.720 12.9

Food away from home

 348.060 8.3 275.595 6.6     368.997 6.8 350.791 7.6 341.748 7.9

Alcoholic beverages

 289.550 5.4 268.211 7.1     314.626 9.5 286.427 6.0 272.769 4.4

Housing

 311.833 8.4 317.580 9.1     311.946 8.0 333.310 7.9 295.561 10.0

Shelter

 365.059 8.2 391.712 7.8 370.616 5.3 365.862 7.3 398.234 6.2 341.972 10.3

Rent of primary residence

 388.830 9.0 360.607 8.3 405.528 6.5 402.124 7.2 400.500 6.4 360.451 11.5

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 344.621 8.0 351.406 7.6 345.720 5.0 336.714 6.9 366.103 5.6 317.677 10.0

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 344.641 8.0 351.406 7.6 345.720 5.0 336.714 6.9 366.152 5.6 317.650 10.0

Fuels and utilities

 306.867 11.1 275.574 14.9     288.630 16.2 312.444 17.2    

Household energy

 260.134 12.8 230.890 16.0 236.777 15.9 255.016 17.6 282.929 18.9    

Energy services

 263.999 13.1 243.204 16.9 242.354 16.2 282.606 17.7 276.929 20.3    

Electricity

 263.137 12.8 231.018 15.5 248.488 14.6 261.865 17.7 275.453 22.4    

Utility (piped) gas service

 258.607 13.9 245.461 19.7 202.306 21.4 275.497 16.5 259.004 17.1 268.687 10.5

Household furnishings and operations

 142.236 6.3 135.424 10.6     126.594 6.0 141.062 9.0 138.293 6.7

Apparel

 131.835 3.2 125.407 1.8     139.568 5.0 136.416 4.2 139.942 2.8

Transportation

 262.911 1.8 275.524 1.1     255.815 3.0 256.219 2.4 259.780 0.8

Private transportation

 261.223 1.3 281.447 1.1     259.090 2.5 253.304 2.1 259.932 0.4

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 124.839 -2.7 134.296 -1.5     131.973 1.3 123.149 -1.0 123.891 -4.3

New vehicles(3)

 178.235 5.8 245.732 5.7     271.248 5.0 170.614 5.1 183.152 6.5

Used cars and trucks(3)

 184.518 -13.5 342.280 -13.6     320.429 -13.6 193.173 -13.7 185.044 -13.8

Motor fuel

 302.975 -1.5 316.796 -5.0 315.225 -3.8 293.749 -3.6 293.276 -2.7 280.542 -3.7

Gasoline

 300.937 -1.8 311.882 -5.2 313.196 -3.3 282.917 -5.0 291.782 -2.9 278.597 -3.9

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 675.023 14.4                    

Medical care

 558.412 2.4 592.411 4.1     515.496 5.5 575.305 2.5 536.969 2.7

Recreation(5)

 128.831 4.4 129.822       123.311 3.3 139.079 2.1 129.419 4.7

Education and communication(5)

 131.276 0.5 125.440 0.5     145.231 1.0 139.961 0.9 123.216 0.2

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

 790.968 3.4 1,059.409 2.7     1,278.989 1.5 1,371.936 2.9 1,313.798 3.1

Other goods and services

 579.892 6.0 711.175 3.4     667.097 4.8 668.819 5.4 553.051 6.6

Energy

 280.098 4.6 261.891 6.4 282.991 4.1 276.082 7.0 287.291 8.5 254.288 3.1

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
Mar 2023 from --
Feb
2023		 Mar
2023		 Mar
2022		 Jan
2023		 Feb
2023

U.S. city average

 300.840 301.836 5.0 0.9 0.3

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 277.978 280.279 4.4 1.2 0.8

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 317.571 317.873 3.7 -0.2 0.1

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

 319.295 319.038 4.6 0.3 -0.1

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

   324.859 4.7 0.2  

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

   284.862 5.8 1.3  

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

   316.566 5.7 1.3  

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

   289.968 3.4 0.4  

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

   127.707 4.6 0.0  

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

   358.026 5.3 1.0  

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

   288.319 7.7 1.1  

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

   302.930 3.7 1.3  

Urban Hawaii

   322.608 3.3 0.6  

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

 299.916        

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

 303.749        

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

 276.741        

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

 263.537        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

 329.065        

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

 300.882        

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

 177.118        

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

 337.173        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

 334.987        

St. Louis, MO-IL

 271.581        

Urban Alaska

 256.856        

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
Feb 2023 from --
Jan
2023		 Feb
2023		 Feb
2022		 Dec
2022		 Jan
2023

U.S. city average

 293.565 295.057 5.8 1.4 0.5

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 268.216 269.343 4.8 1.2 0.4

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 307.694 306.444 4.7 1.4 -0.4

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

 312.206 313.326 5.5 1.1 0.4

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

 324.042        

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 290.121        

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

 305.629        

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 284.877        

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

 127.936        

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

 336.315        

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

 281.802        

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

 296.544        

Urban Hawaii

 320.135        

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

   292.898 6.7 1.9  

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

   298.667 5.9 1.1  

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

   273.230 6.9 1.7  

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

   259.675 5.3 2.2  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

          

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

   301.365 6.2 1.6  

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

   177.059 9.0 1.2  

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

   331.875 4.9 1.7  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

   328.615 7.5 1.1  

St. Louis, MO-IL

   268.876 4.9 0.8  

Urban Alaska

   254.887 3.6 0.0  

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