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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
Aug
2022		 Percent change from
Aug
2021		 Aug
2022		 Percent change from
Aug
2021		 Aug
2022		 Percent change from
Aug
2021		 Aug
2022		 Percent change from
Aug
2021		 Aug
2022		 Percent change from
Aug
2021		 Aug
2022		 Percent change from
Aug
2021

All items

 296.171 8.3 294.130 8.1     298.641 10.2 306.855 7.4 287.168 8.9

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 887.197   849.726       893.211   483.203   465.826  

Food and beverages

 308.550 10.9 282.714 12.2     312.501 10.8 310.957 9.9 303.117 11.0

Food

 310.875 11.4 283.470 12.2     313.060 11.2 313.018 10.2 306.513 11.5

Food at home

 295.007 13.5 293.263 16.9 288.317 11.5 281.769 11.6 298.620 12.0 291.673 13.6

Cereals and bakery products

 336.399 16.4 405.123 25.7     357.978 19.1 365.857 16.0 343.055 16.6

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 318.867 10.6 338.689 12.7     294.712 9.8 311.643 9.7 312.723 10.7

Dairy and related products

 267.461 16.2 234.292 15.1     271.347 9.0 272.872 15.1 268.769 17.4

Fruits and vegetables

 343.221 9.4 288.696 12.3     314.088 6.6 350.867 8.5 321.770 7.9

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 206.693 13.4 188.076 9.4     199.787 17.3 204.097 11.6 203.203 15.2

Other food at home

 259.976 16.7 278.724 23.0     254.689 11.7 268.460 13.6 258.525 16.6

Food away from home

 334.212 8.0 261.602 5.2     352.564 8.7 335.920 7.1 330.085 8.4

Alcoholic beverages

 275.627 4.3 264.976 10.2     300.355 4.0 282.405 4.8 255.928 3.3

Housing

 304.506 7.8 304.107 8.5     293.871 8.3 322.473 6.5 282.986 9.1

Shelter

 357.264 6.2 370.783 6.8 359.443 3.9 343.499 6.8 388.910 3.7 323.346 7.9

Rent of primary residence

 373.283 6.7 345.241 5.8 389.042 3.1 395.609 7.6 390.595 4.0 342.960 9.4

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 365.993 6.3 379.360 6.6 366.837 3.5 360.722 6.1 402.291 3.9 324.693 7.8

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 366.046 6.3 379.360 6.6 366.837 3.5 360.722 6.1 401.941 3.9 324.694 7.8

Fuels and utilities

 309.739 17.2 270.792 25.5     277.836 18.7 304.524 25.6 297.285 16.1

Household energy

 265.453 21.2 224.244 28.6 233.146 14.5 246.048 21.3 276.998 30.0 247.703 20.2

Energy services

 267.564 19.8 229.016 25.1 237.439 13.7 258.998 19.4 265.863 24.8 247.272 20.0

Electricity

 265.191 15.8 216.436 18.3 244.907 10.7 230.125 15.8 261.603 19.5 238.801 18.4

Utility (piped) gas service

 268.866 33.0 239.951 40.1 208.158 21.4 295.670 36.1 254.123 37.0 283.099 30.1

Household furnishings and operations

 145.110 9.9 136.446 4.7     139.110 11.7 140.835 8.7 144.650 9.6

Apparel

 127.328 5.1 112.289 2.3     128.192 3.2 131.471 3.7 135.296 4.8

Transportation

 270.334 13.4 269.439 12.6     278.062 23.0 261.376 14.1 271.261 13.7

Private transportation

 269.389 13.2 278.119 12.7     286.467 25.2 259.953 14.5 273.305 13.6

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 131.226 9.8 134.622 7.9     140.132 23.9 128.040 11.6 134.874 10.1

New vehicles(3)

 174.598 10.1 231.492 9.1     273.656 32.6 169.702 9.8 182.825 11.8

Used cars and trucks(3)

 212.895 7.8 397.761 8.5     372.332 8.5 224.905 8.4 213.629 7.7

Motor fuel

 351.315 26.2 386.377 30.8 377.750 29.8 340.258 28.3 355.248 32.6 319.583 24.7

Gasoline

 348.593 25.6 381.473 30.7 372.844 29.4 332.157 27.9 353.429 32.4 316.509 24.1

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 615.559 8.7                    

Medical care

 553.429 5.4 599.558 6.2     503.740 7.2 580.669 5.7 524.413 5.2

Recreation(5)

 131.437 4.1 131.309 3.3     138.208 7.2 137.263 4.3 131.551 4.5

Education and communication(5)

 143.687 0.5 135.140 -0.8     159.823 0.5 152.938 0.8 138.494 -0.2

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

 815.196 3.0 1,104.177 1.4     1,312.857 0.0 1,360.598 1.8 1,426.584 2.8

Other goods and services

 510.892 6.6 630.883 6.0     494.423 8.1 561.095 5.9 489.069 6.6

Energy

 305.372 23.8 282.327 29.5 301.242 22.4 297.056 24.9 308.830 31.2 275.588 22.6

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
2022		 Percent change from
Aug
2021		 Aug
2022		 Percent change from
Aug
2021		 Aug
2022		 Percent change from
Aug
2021		 Aug
2022		 Percent change from
Aug
2021		 Aug
2022		 Percent change from
Aug
2021		 Aug
2022		 Percent change from
Aug
2021

All items

 291.629 8.7 295.732 8.3     294.383 9.7 305.502 8.1 283.859 9.2

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 868.673   859.004       877.564   477.178   459.741  

Food and beverages

 307.946 10.9 288.258 11.5     309.228 9.5 309.866 9.7 302.262 11.1

Food

 309.426 11.3 288.966 11.8     310.166 9.6 311.577 10.1 304.549 11.6

Food at home

 294.836 13.6 301.721 17.5 285.346 11.0 286.768 11.2 298.563 12.2 290.347 13.7

Cereals and bakery products

 338.372 16.6 409.664 25.7     348.727 18.8 364.532 16.1 342.726 16.7

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 319.205 10.6 339.214 12.3     305.091 8.4 311.262 9.6 311.191 10.8

Dairy and related products

 265.827 16.2 237.516 14.6     251.265 8.6 272.909 15.1 264.771 17.0

Fruits and vegetables

 341.232 9.5 292.859 12.2     331.305 5.1 354.062 9.1 321.625 8.0

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 206.778 13.3 196.433 10.4     201.142 17.0 205.592 11.9 201.712 14.9

Other food at home

 259.178 16.8 284.525 24.1     244.099 12.0 268.703 13.7 256.781 16.9

Food away from home

 334.487 7.8 264.023 5.0     351.497 8.1 337.290 6.7 328.871 8.4

Alcoholic beverages

 281.407 4.2 264.220 6.2     297.973 7.3 280.288 4.1 265.366 3.6

Housing

 301.184 8.2 304.555 8.3     302.054 8.1 321.996 7.1 283.979 9.5

Shelter

 349.666 6.4 376.168 6.2 358.613 3.5 356.875 6.9 384.182 3.7 324.900 8.2

Rent of primary residence

 370.655 7.0 345.241 5.8 389.042 3.1 395.609 7.6 385.184 4.0 340.821 9.3

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 330.483 6.3 337.372 6.6 334.335 3.5 327.209 6.1 354.036 3.8 301.997 7.9

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 330.496 6.3 337.372 6.6 334.335 3.5 327.209 6.1 354.074 3.8 301.961 7.9

Fuels and utilities

 308.135 17.3 268.009 25.5     264.892 17.4 306.798 25.5 298.942 16.5

Household energy

 263.610 21.2 223.385 28.5 235.034 12.2 232.303 19.6 278.824 29.5 247.168 20.5

Energy services

 267.149 20.2 231.262 24.9 240.405 12.3 256.967 19.3 269.307 25.3 248.442 20.5

Electricity

 262.731 16.1 216.435 18.3 244.907 10.7 230.123 15.8 262.640 19.2 238.231 19.1

Utility (piped) gas service

 273.702 34.4 239.946 40.1 208.159 21.4 295.670 36.1 260.414 38.7 291.737 30.7

Household furnishings and operations

 138.760 10.6 126.691 4.3     122.756 9.0 134.785 10.7 134.237 9.6

Apparel

 127.161 5.4 124.023 4.3     131.670 5.4 131.806 4.9 134.845 5.5

Transportation

 275.042 13.3 289.782 12.5     263.852 20.1 268.641 14.4 271.462 13.4

Private transportation

 273.737 13.2 296.605 13.4     268.560 21.7 266.287 14.9 271.803 13.3

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 132.121 9.3 140.366 7.5     135.612 24.5 129.495 10.9 132.888 9.2

New vehicles(3)

 174.935 9.3 240.884 9.1     266.904 32.6 167.337 9.0 180.116 10.4

Used cars and trucks(3)

 214.239 7.7 397.744 8.5     372.351 8.5 224.853 8.4 215.209 7.6

Motor fuel

 351.471 26.0 387.078 30.8 377.324 29.5 341.831 28.8 354.163 32.7 317.894 24.3

Gasoline

 349.100 25.5 381.472 30.7 372.846 29.4 332.173 27.9 352.417 32.4 315.380 23.8

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 620.891 8.8                    

Medical care

 563.144 5.7 590.060 6.5     509.160 6.9 583.675 5.9 538.768 5.6

Recreation(5)

 125.547 4.1 125.480 2.6     123.157 7.2 138.404 4.6 125.375 3.7

Education and communication(5)

 129.820 -0.3 123.774 -2.3     144.299 0.8 138.026 0.5 121.883 -1.1

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

 779.451 2.8 1,055.902 -0.6     1,276.790 0.4 1,354.497 2.1 1,290.777 2.4

Other goods and services

 564.819 6.9 702.604 6.6     647.543 12.5 653.570 6.6 535.061 7.2

Energy

 305.879 23.9 280.376 29.5 312.837 22.2 282.920 24.3 310.813 31.1 275.617 22.7

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 2022 from --
Jul
2022		 Aug
2022		 Aug
2021		 Jun
2022		 Jul
2022

U.S. city average

 296.276 296.171 8.3 0.0 0.0

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 278.535 278.677 8.8 -0.1 0.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 313.415 313.608 7.6 -0.1 0.1

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

 312.615 313.280 6.6 -0.1 0.2

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

 315.841        

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 277.005        

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

 308.728        

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 289.265        

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

 125.262        

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

 347.462        

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

 276.750        

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

 299.937        

Urban Hawaii

 319.197        

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

   295.469 11.7 1.3  

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

   298.641 10.2 0.1  

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

   271.554 8.6 -0.5  

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

   264.074 9.5 0.1  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

   316.152 10.7 0.4  

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

   294.130 8.1 0.0  

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

   173.952 13.0 0.8  

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

   328.871 5.7 -0.5  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

   326.796 9.0 0.0  

St. Louis, MO-IL

   268.979 7.5 0.2  

Urban Alaska

   258.149 7.6 -4.0  

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 2022 from --
Jul
2022		 Aug
2022		 Aug
2021		 Jun
2022		 Jul
2022

U.S. city average

 292.219 291.629 8.7 -0.3 -0.2

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 272.550 271.977 9.4 -0.4 -0.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 304.441 304.137 7.6 -0.5 -0.1

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

 308.491 308.969 6.9 -0.2 0.2

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

 317.963        

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 287.111        

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

 301.155        

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 286.837        

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

 126.084        

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

 331.914        

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

 274.610        

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

 298.214        

Urban Hawaii

 318.257        

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

   289.854 11.4 0.7  

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

   294.383 9.7 0.2  

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

   268.942 8.8 -0.6  

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

   260.238 9.8 0.1  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

   311.745 10.7 -0.1  

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

   295.732 8.3 0.1  

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

   173.148 13.1 0.2  

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

   325.932 6.0 -0.7  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

   322.664 9.2 0.3  

St. Louis, MO-IL

   268.721 7.7 -0.6  

Urban Alaska

   257.738 7.6 -3.1  

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