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Item | U.S. city average | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria(1) | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson(1) | Northeast region | South region | ||||||
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Mar 2023 |
Percent change from Mar 2022 |
Mar 2023 |
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Mar 2023 |
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Mar 2023 |
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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 |
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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. |
Item | U.S. city average | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria(1) | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson(1) | Northeast region | South region | ||||||
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Feb 2023 |
Percent change from Feb 2022 |
Feb 2023 |
Percent change from Feb 2022 |
Feb 2023 |
Percent change from Feb 2022 |
Feb 2023 |
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Feb 2023 |
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Feb 2023 |
Percent change from Feb 2022 |
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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 |
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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. |
Area | Index | Percent change to Mar 2023 from -- |
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Feb 2023 |
Mar 2023 |
Mar 2022 |
Jan 2023 |
Feb 2023 |
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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 |
Area | Index | Percent change to Feb 2023 from -- |
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Jan 2023 |
Feb 2023 |
Feb 2022 |
Dec 2022 |
Jan 2023 |
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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 |
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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 |