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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
Jan
2024		 Percent change from
Jan
2023		 Jan
2024		 Percent change from
Jan
2023		 Jan
2024		 Percent change from
Jan
2023		 Jan
2024		 Percent change from
Jan
2023		 Jan
2024		 Percent change from
Jan
2023		 Jan
2024		 Percent change from
Jan
2023

All items

 308.417 3.1     309.961 3.6     318.133 2.5 300.421 3.4

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 923.881       915.092       500.963   487.325  

Food and beverages

 324.782 2.6     305.996 1.9     327.728 2.4 318.939 2.4

Food

 327.327 2.6     315.228 2.0     330.070 2.4 322.783 2.5

Food at home

 305.037 1.2 307.361 2.4 293.032 0.3 289.836 0.9 309.247 1.1 301.893 0.9

Cereals and bakery products

 354.532 1.5 407.432 -0.5 382.719 -1.6 352.112 -0.7 387.418 2.7 362.382 1.0

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 319.752 -0.9 338.615 -2.6 309.491 -4.9 295.017 -3.7 311.662 -0.7 312.900 -1.8

Dairy and related products

 268.941 -1.1 239.013 0.7 292.009 -1.2 276.558 4.4 280.637 -0.4 269.656 -0.9

Fruits and vegetables

 354.798 1.1 322.207 7.2 306.901 2.7 322.699 2.4 363.066 1.2 333.905 0.5

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 220.573 3.4 210.230 10.1 262.073 3.2 225.879 2.4 220.846 3.3 216.373 3.0

Other food at home

 271.600 2.6 288.436 0.8 246.399 3.5 265.226 3.2 278.172 1.0 271.317 2.8

Food away from home

 363.249 5.1     346.199 4.7     366.928 5.1 358.053 5.3

Alcoholic beverages

 288.758 2.3     219.942 1.1     295.446 3.1 265.407 1.5

Housing

 328.222 4.6     324.023 4.4     345.324 3.9 308.134 5.4

Shelter

 391.896 6.0 407.205 7.0 386.317 5.2 365.584 4.9 424.528 6.2 359.429 6.7

Rent of primary residence

 412.019 6.1 381.974 6.7 415.673 2.9 425.587 6.8 426.573 5.7 385.215 7.1

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 402.965 6.2 418.055 6.8 399.138 6.1 385.877 4.9 439.046 6.2 361.901 6.8

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 403.025 6.2 418.055 6.8 399.138 6.1 385.877 4.9 438.611 6.2 361.882 6.8

Fuels and utilities

 313.469 -0.7     282.437 (r)-1.8     299.492 -6.2 299.781 1.6

Household energy

 263.599 -2.4 221.815 -5.2 221.222 (r)-3.9 279.008 3.5 268.337 -7.8 244.578 0.4

Energy services

 267.475 -2.0 231.177 -4.7 226.100 (r)-3.3 299.622 4.6 262.967 -7.0 244.481 0.6

Electricity

 276.698 3.8 235.150 1.6 250.127 (r)2.8 281.623 7.2 274.352 -2.2 240.057 2.5

Utility (piped) gas service

 234.515 -17.8 204.065 -18.4 163.484 -19.3 243.100 -13.8 222.316 -16.5 253.767 -10.1

Household furnishings and operations

 147.673 0.2     132.114 3.2     143.500 -0.8 148.074 0.4

Apparel

 127.946 0.1     157.929 -0.5     130.013 -2.1 136.842 0.8

Transportation

 262.110 1.6     265.530 3.4     256.583 2.7 264.909 2.0

Private transportation

 261.899 1.9     277.586 3.6     255.959 3.1 267.626 2.3

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 124.005 -1.1     126.032 1.7     123.947 0.4 126.067 -1.3

New vehicles(3)

 178.595 0.7     229.099 0.0     174.821 1.5 186.403 0.6

Used cars and trucks(3)

 179.410 -3.5     389.743 -3.3     190.773 -2.8 179.336 -3.7

Motor fuel

 277.709 -6.6 298.761 -7.0 295.940 -7.3 274.081 -8.2 275.692 -5.6 257.049 -8.2

Gasoline

 276.003 -6.4 294.871 -7.0 291.629 -7.2 267.206 -8.1 274.708 -5.4 255.170 -7.9

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 794.142 20.6                    

Medical care

 557.215 1.1     534.928 5.8     561.852 -2.6 528.189 1.3

Recreation(5)

 137.800 2.8     128.950 2.3     140.023 1.5 138.484 3.1

Education and communication(5)

 145.370 0.0     166.418 1.8     155.018 0.2 140.243 0.0

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

 848.728 2.7     1,669.910 5.3     1,409.045 2.2 1,500.530 3.7

Other goods and services

 551.140 5.7     522.206 6.6     602.977 6.0 523.131 3.8

Energy

 270.420 -4.6 252.039 -6.1 260.849 (r)-5.5 286.457 -2.0 272.000 -7.3 245.378 -3.8

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
Dec
2023		 Percent change from
Dec
2022		 Dec
2023		 Percent change from
Dec
2022		 Dec
2023		 Percent change from
Dec
2022		 Dec
2023		 Percent change from
Dec
2022		 Dec
2023		 Percent change from
Dec
2022		 Dec
2023		 Percent change from
Dec
2022

All items

 300.728 3.3 307.441 3.6     301.121 1.9 313.824 2.6 293.791 3.7

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 895.777   893.013       897.651   490.176   475.827  

Food and beverages

 322.610 2.8 305.691 3.9     326.586 2.2 324.007 2.6 317.759 2.9

Food

 324.158 2.8 307.247 4.2     326.474 2.2 325.684 2.5 320.317 2.9

Food at home

 302.702 1.3 316.153 4.0 288.445 0.2 295.414 0.5 305.508 1.0 299.395 1.2

Cereals and bakery products

 355.872 2.5 420.489 2.3 358.093 0.5 343.342 0.5 382.205 2.7 361.283 2.3

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 321.032 0.0 339.199 0.8 303.070 -4.6 309.353 -3.2 307.185 -1.4 312.621 -0.4

Dairy and related products

 265.541 -1.3 237.497 0.8 284.721 -0.7 263.349 3.9 278.059 -0.3 262.746 -1.8

Fruits and vegetables

 346.928 0.2 295.782 -1.8 308.381 0.9 337.135 1.6 357.958 -0.7 330.010 0.4

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 215.957 2.5 234.529 18.4 272.326 2.6 224.232 4.2 217.786 4.4 212.841 2.3

Other food at home

 269.916 2.9 299.923 3.4 245.460 6.1 253.259 1.2 278.611 2.1 270.023 3.3

Food away from home

 362.474 5.4 286.066 4.4     378.420 3.9 366.923 5.6 356.442 5.6

Alcoholic beverages

 294.838 2.8 270.805 0.7     329.521 3.3 295.274 3.8 275.509 1.8

Housing

 322.160 4.8 327.428 5.0     320.885 4.5 342.174 4.1 307.092 5.5

Shelter

 382.037 6.2 412.218 7.3 382.469 4.1 378.467 5.2 417.869 6.5 359.172 6.8

Rent of primary residence

 408.605 6.6 380.329 7.1 414.254 2.9 423.139 6.5 419.553 6.2 381.163 7.3

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 361.767 6.3 371.065 7.5 362.019 5.8 349.097 5.2 384.578 6.4 334.395 6.9

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 361.785 6.3 371.065 7.5 362.019 5.8 349.097 5.2 384.620 6.4 334.368 6.9

Fuels and utilities

 304.275 0.1 257.922 -5.3     301.562 5.8 290.217 -6.6 297.679 1.2

Household energy

 254.966 -1.3 212.985 -6.4     264.056 5.2 258.458 -8.4 241.218 0.3

Energy services

 259.287 -0.9 223.349 -6.6     292.956 5.3 252.367 -7.8 242.715 0.5

Electricity

 265.965 3.4 223.301 -1.5     280.393 9.3 261.330 -1.0 235.482 1.9

Utility (piped) gas service

 228.613 -14.9 202.251 -16.4 152.190 -20.4 221.315 -21.0 218.094 -19.4 258.470 -10.5

Household furnishings and operations

 140.150 0.1 139.212 5.1     122.821 -1.8 138.517 0.0 137.873 1.4

Apparel

 125.665 0.9 115.092 -2.1     120.851 -5.6 128.216 1.0 135.377 0.9

Transportation

 267.106 3.3 284.251 3.5     256.180 -0.1 262.824 3.0 263.615 3.8

Private transportation

 266.572 3.7 291.981 4.2     260.441 0.1 260.385 3.2 264.719 4.2

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 125.558 0.0 137.053 2.1     131.803 -1.3 123.120 -0.8 124.354 -0.1

New vehicles(3)

 178.296 0.8 248.044 1.5     269.999 0.2 171.974 1.4 183.444 1.0

Used cars and trucks(3)

 187.661 -1.3 349.286 -1.3     326.987 -1.3 198.217 -0.8 187.816 -1.5

Motor fuel

 282.660 -2.2 308.701 -4.6 299.377 -3.2 282.467 -1.2 285.054 -4.3 254.046 -2.1

Gasoline

 281.028 -1.8 303.929 -4.6 297.969 -2.4 272.108 -0.8 284.467 -3.7 252.490 -1.6

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 790.169 20.8                    

Medical care

 560.562 0.1 581.277 -1.9     497.624 -3.7 542.089 -6.2 537.914 0.5

Recreation(5)

 129.491 1.9 135.379 5.9     125.570 3.3 142.776 3.2 129.121 1.5

Education and communication(5)

 129.835 -0.8 122.896 -0.7     145.462 0.6 138.532 -0.5 121.977 -1.0

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

 810.007 2.7 1,109.506 4.7     1,329.230 3.9 1,402.684 2.4 1,350.441 3.0

Other goods and services

 602.765 5.3 718.129 4.3     690.762 3.0 697.110 5.7 564.965 3.2

Energy

 267.514 -1.8 247.471 -5.6     275.006 1.8 269.809 -6.6 241.457 -0.9

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
Jan 2024 from --
Dec
2023		 Jan
2024		 Jan
2023		 Nov
2023		 Dec
2023

U.S. city average

 306.746 308.417 3.1 0.4 0.5

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 283.760 286.022 3.3 0.8 0.8

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 323.456 326.640 2.5 1.0 1.0

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

 324.691 328.006 3.1 1.1 1.0

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

   330.746 2.0 0.7  

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

   296.121 5.3 0.9  

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

   323.278 3.5 -0.1  

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

   296.135 2.6 0.2  

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

   131.358 2.9 0.0  

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

   367.917 3.8 0.4  

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

   296.477 3.9 0.5  

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

   309.961 3.6 0.5  

Urban Hawaii

   333.172 3.9 0.5  

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

 305.978        

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

 306.379        

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

 283.757        

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

 270.133        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

 340.459        

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

 306.386        

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

 179.733        

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

 339.915        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

 344.982        

St. Louis, MO-IL

 276.991        

Urban Alaska

 261.178        

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
Dec 2023 from --
Nov
2023		 Dec
2023		 Dec
2022		 Oct
2023		 Nov
2023

U.S. city average

 301.224 300.728 3.3 -0.4 -0.2

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 275.026 274.995 3.4 -0.4 0.0

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 311.684 311.427 3.0 -0.5 -0.1

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

 319.611 319.627 3.1 -0.2 0.0

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

 331.142        

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 303.666        

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

 315.775        

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 291.459        

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

 131.963        

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

 347.878        

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

 291.625        

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

 303.920        

Urban Hawaii

 330.577        

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

   299.257 4.1 -0.3  

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

   301.121 1.9 -0.5  

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

   278.596 3.7 -0.1  

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

   265.718 4.6 -0.3  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

   335.138 6.1 -0.4  

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

   307.441 3.6 0.0  

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

   179.593 2.7 -1.1  

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

   335.597 2.8 -0.6  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

   338.852 4.3 -0.4  

St. Louis, MO-IL

   275.066 3.1 -0.3  

Urban Alaska

   258.598 1.4 -1.0  

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