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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
Feb
2022		 Percent change from
Feb
2021		 Feb
2022		 Percent change from
Feb
2021		 Feb
2022		 Percent change from
Feb
2021		 Feb
2022		 Percent change from
Feb
2021		 Feb
2022		 Percent change from
Feb
2021		 Feb
2022		 Percent change from
Feb
2021

All items

 283.716 7.9 281.402 7.3     286.243 9.3 294.605 6.6 274.688 8.4

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 849.887   812.955       856.130   463.912   445.582  

Food and beverages

 291.244 7.6 264.576 7.9     301.349 10.2 295.233 7.2 286.289 7.2

Food

 292.794 7.9 266.116 8.2     301.625 10.7 296.880 7.6 288.729 7.4

Food at home

 274.568 8.6 268.158 10.1 271.312 5.3 268.414 10.5 280.327 8.1 271.047 7.9

Cereals and bakery products

 306.193 7.8 353.360 10.9     320.957 10.2 333.363 9.0 312.551 6.4

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 301.240 13.0 312.873 17.3     285.709 18.1 296.569 11.9 294.166 12.7

Dairy and related products

 242.386 5.2 209.373 4.5     255.699 5.9 252.336 5.4 240.727 4.8

Fruits and vegetables

 333.675 7.6 285.192 1.2     311.853 4.9 342.776 6.1 314.731 6.0

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 192.210 6.7 185.384 17.2     184.655 4.0 192.892 7.0 187.271 6.4

Other food at home

 237.143 8.2 241.761 9.5     243.247 12.2 246.557 7.1 236.255 7.2

Food away from home

 320.880 6.8 256.079 5.5     347.028 9.9 324.347 6.5 317.675 6.7

Alcoholic beverages

 269.128 3.5 239.125 2.6     293.602 2.6 272.179 2.5 252.384 4.6

Housing

 291.504 5.9 289.928 6.2     280.154 5.4 310.168 4.6 268.728 6.4

Shelter

 344.607 4.7 355.991 5.0 352.173 2.2 328.315 3.8 379.166 3.0 308.941 5.4

Rent of primary residence

 359.627 4.2 333.117 4.2 380.826 0.7 375.145 2.5 381.549 2.3 325.362 5.3

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 353.512 4.3 367.255 4.6 361.222 2.3 347.138 3.4 393.611 2.8 310.623 4.8

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 353.522 4.3 367.255 4.6 361.222 2.3 347.138 3.4 393.266 2.8 310.618 4.8

Fuels and utilities

 279.032 11.0 242.304 15.6     258.912 17.4 266.556 12.6 267.286 10.0

Household energy

 233.300 13.4 199.814 18.2 200.446 12.7 227.674 19.7 237.801 14.3 216.495 12.4

Energy services

 235.017 12.3 205.813 14.6 203.992 12.2 241.682 18.8 229.158 10.5 215.760 12.0

Electricity

 236.453 9.0 200.064 11.2 216.866 7.3 222.395 18.4 225.379 6.1 209.768 10.7

Utility (piped) gas service

 226.491 23.8 205.003 22.6 166.673 24.5 236.463 21.2 219.240 20.3 237.872 20.2

Household furnishings and operations

 140.306 9.7 132.281 6.1     132.889 8.6 136.146 8.5 139.782 9.6

Apparel

 127.868 6.6 112.696 4.0     129.711 4.1 130.827 4.2 136.479 7.5

Transportation

 253.150 21.1 251.620 20.1     260.670 30.6 243.040 18.6 256.401 22.2

Private transportation

 253.525 22.1 260.762 22.9     268.109 31.8 242.462 20.9 259.523 23.1

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 126.822 23.5 129.738 28.8     134.755 37.9 122.080 23.2 130.720 24.0

New vehicles(3)

 168.027 12.4 223.415 22.2     264.932 38.9 164.588 13.0 174.304 12.0

Used cars and trucks(3)

 212.040 41.2 396.116 42.7     370.791 42.7 223.773 42.5 213.031 41.2

Motor fuel

 307.422 38.1 333.089 31.6 327.520 38.9 304.295 37.8 302.827 36.4 292.312 40.4

Gasoline

 305.959 38.0 328.941 31.6 323.782 38.9 297.814 37.9 301.617 36.4 290.641 40.4

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 584.317 4.3                    

Medical care

 536.932 2.4 575.891 -0.2     482.000 0.3 559.364 1.7 509.264 2.7

Recreation(5)

 129.116 5.0 131.675 4.3     135.089 7.0 135.169 5.2 129.388 4.5

Education and communication(5)

 143.913 1.6 135.443 1.3     158.998 2.8 153.193 2.7 138.857 1.9

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

 799.639 2.2 1,080.349 2.4     1,294.357 2.1 1,342.406 2.4 1,402.142 1.7

Other goods and services

 496.045 5.6 616.917 6.2     488.698 8.2 546.304 6.4 476.452 5.7

Energy

 267.771 25.6 247.985 24.4 260.086 25.7 270.173 28.9 264.302 23.7 246.813 26.2

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
Feb
2022		 Percent change from
Feb
2021		 Feb
2022		 Percent change from
Feb
2021		 Feb
2022		 Percent change from
Feb
2021		 Feb
2022		 Percent change from
Feb
2021		 Feb
2022		 Percent change from
Feb
2021		 Feb
2022		 Percent change from
Feb
2021

All items

 278.943 8.6 283.844 7.7     282.121 8.6 292.657 7.3 271.367 9.1

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 830.885   824.473       841.011   457.114   439.509  

Food and beverages

 290.640 7.7 271.065 7.9     298.201 9.5 294.277 7.2 285.414 7.3

Food

 291.513 7.9 271.542 8.1     299.111 9.7 295.666 7.5 286.845 7.4

Food at home

 274.307 8.8 274.544 10.2 269.322 5.7 272.204 10.1 280.270 8.3 269.585 8.0

Cereals and bakery products

 307.803 7.8 356.196 10.8     312.085 10.0 332.454 8.9 311.954 6.5

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 301.391 13.0 313.334 15.5     295.045 16.4 296.759 11.9 292.101 12.4

Dairy and related products

 241.034 5.4 213.877 5.7     237.324 3.9 252.140 5.9 237.581 4.6

Fruits and vegetables

 330.837 7.6 284.930 1.0     327.596 4.3 344.181 6.2 313.578 5.7

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 192.371 6.6 193.522 17.7     185.703 4.4 194.336 7.4 186.104 6.3

Other food at home

 236.573 8.4 245.797 9.7     231.613 11.3 247.252 7.3 234.486 7.5

Food away from home

 321.413 6.7 258.643 5.6     345.404 9.4 325.881 6.2 316.627 6.7

Alcoholic beverages

 274.715 3.5 250.396 3.2     287.285 5.4 270.104 2.2 261.322 5.1

Housing

 287.639 6.0 291.110 6.1     288.782 5.6 308.870 4.8 268.776 6.3

Shelter

 337.245 4.6 363.261 4.7 351.991 1.8 341.053 3.6 375.128 2.9 310.054 5.3

Rent of primary residence

 356.684 4.3 333.117 4.2 380.826 0.7 375.145 2.5 376.422 2.3 323.340 5.3

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 319.177 4.3 326.607 4.6 329.217 2.3 314.887 3.4 346.540 2.8 288.765 4.8

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 319.191 4.3 326.607 4.6 329.217 2.3 314.887 3.4 346.591 2.8 288.727 4.8

Fuels and utilities

 276.311 10.9 239.805 15.3     248.397 17.0 266.700 12.1 266.976 10.0

Household energy

 230.525 13.1 199.052 17.9 204.333 12.1 216.844 19.3 237.893 13.7 214.461 12.3

Energy services

 233.347 12.3 208.018 14.5 208.651 12.0 240.101 19.1 230.126 10.4 215.217 12.1

Electricity

 233.359 9.1 200.063 11.2 216.866 7.3 222.393 18.4 225.084 5.6 207.413 10.9

Utility (piped) gas service

 226.987 24.1 204.999 22.6 166.674 24.5 236.463 21.2 221.260 20.7 243.210 20.7

Household furnishings and operations

 133.769 10.1 122.458 6.0     119.441 10.1 129.458 10.5 129.663 8.9

Apparel

 127.707 6.7 123.228 3.8     132.950 8.7 130.910 4.4 136.094 8.4

Transportation

 258.371 23.1 272.610 21.6     248.413 24.6 250.252 20.1 257.834 23.9

Private transportation

 257.803 23.9 278.331 23.7     252.677 25.5 248.194 21.8 258.775 24.4

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 128.312 25.9 136.275 30.3     130.271 37.0 124.411 24.1 129.523 25.2

New vehicles(3)

 168.438 11.7 232.479 22.2     258.395 38.9 162.317 11.8 171.933 10.8

Used cars and trucks(3)

 213.425 41.0 396.098 42.7     370.811 42.7 223.782 42.6 214.591 41.0

Motor fuel

 307.739 37.9 333.637 31.6 327.612 38.9 304.656 38.0 301.361 36.1 291.362 40.5

Gasoline

 306.452 37.8 328.940 31.6 323.784 38.9 297.828 37.9 300.376 36.1 289.896 40.4

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 589.861 4.6                    

Medical care

 545.306 2.5 569.166 0.4     488.611 0.3 561.468 1.7 522.844 3.1

Recreation(5)

 123.400 4.9         119.330 8.2 136.218 6.0 123.667 4.1

Education and communication(5)

 130.669 0.9 124.865 0.9     143.746 3.0 138.735 2.5 123.027 1.0

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

 764.784 1.5 1,031.108 0.7     1,260.659 2.6 1,333.716 2.3 1,273.997 0.3

Other goods and services

 547.005 5.7 688.087 7.8     636.386 12.6 634.372 6.5 519.004 5.9

Energy

 267.677 26.2 246.097 24.4 271.762 27.2 257.941 29.1 264.842 24.1 246.761 27.1

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
Feb 2022 from --
Jan
2022		 Feb
2022		 Feb
2021		 Dec
2021		 Jan
2022

U.S. city average

 281.148 283.716 7.9 1.8 0.9

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 262.730 264.828 7.1 1.7 0.8

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 301.209 302.164 7.4 1.4 0.3

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

 300.164 301.151 5.1 1.4 0.3

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

 304.634        

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 261.499        

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

 293.580        

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 274.725        

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

 118.963        

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

 332.990        

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

 262.052        

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

 286.678        

Urban Hawaii

 304.988        

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

   279.743 10.6 2.3  

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

   286.243 9.3 1.3  

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

   258.721 7.5 1.1  

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

   250.563 7.8 2.1  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

   302.920 9.8 3.3  

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

   281.402 7.3 1.5  

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

   163.261 10.9 2.1  

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

   320.195 5.2 1.4  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

   310.078 8.1 1.7  

St. Louis, MO-IL

   256.458 8.2 1.1  

Urban Alaska

   246.369 7.4 1.1  

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 2022 from --
Jan
2022		 Feb
2022		 Feb
2021		 Dec
2021		 Jan
2022

U.S. city average

 276.296 278.943 8.6 1.8 1.0

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 255.254 257.086 7.5 1.6 0.7

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 291.852 292.690 7.3 1.3 0.3

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

 296.213 297.028 5.7 1.5 0.3

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

 304.678        

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 269.934        

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

 285.800        

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 271.017        

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

 119.557        

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

 317.043        

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

 259.917        

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

 283.719        

Urban Hawaii

 303.163        

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

   274.618 9.9 2.1  

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

   282.121 8.6 1.2  

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

   255.563 8.1 1.3  

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

   246.511 8.6 2.1  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

   298.778 10.1 3.4  

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

   283.844 7.7 1.6  

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

   162.418 11.1 1.9  

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

   316.463 6.5 1.4  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

   305.702 8.1 1.5  

St. Louis, MO-IL

   256.250 9.0 1.5  

Urban Alaska

   246.084 7.4 1.0  

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