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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
Dec
2022		 Percent change from
Dec
2021		 Dec
2022		 Percent change from
Dec
2021		 Dec
2022		 Percent change from
Dec
2021		 Dec
2022		 Percent change from
Dec
2021		 Dec
2022		 Percent change from
Dec
2021		 Dec
2022		 Percent change from
Dec
2021

All items

 296.797 6.5 294.883 6.4     300.182 6.3 308.150 6.1 288.205 7.0

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 889.073   851.901       897.819   485.242   467.509  

Food and beverages

 314.459 10.1 287.440 10.9     321.426 8.9 317.382 9.3 309.645 10.5

Food

 316.839 10.4 289.545 11.1     321.506 8.9 319.678 9.5 313.189 10.8

Food at home

 299.089 11.8 295.471 14.2 289.262 7.8 287.832 10.9 302.872 10.8 297.461 12.6

Cereals and bakery products

 345.029 16.1 404.342 20.8     352.701 13.2 373.637 16.2 353.339 16.5

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 320.455 7.7 332.656 9.5     303.217 10.1 310.878 6.8 315.797 8.9

Dairy and related products

 271.376 15.3 233.555 17.1     273.110 9.1 279.412 14.1 272.771 15.2

Fruits and vegetables

 349.134 8.4 301.357 11.4     317.825 2.1 360.229 8.6 329.676 8.0

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 210.324 12.6 187.292 9.8     213.716 20.5 206.688 9.8 209.448 16.2

Other food at home

 262.985 13.9 284.725 17.3     261.607 13.8 272.247 12.4 263.095 14.3

Food away from home

 343.559 8.3 273.189 6.5     365.763 5.3 347.234 7.3 338.303 8.2

Alcoholic beverages

 280.755 5.8 255.210 8.7     316.372 9.3 285.726 6.9 260.396 5.2

Housing

 310.725 8.1 309.717 8.0     298.274 8.2 328.787 7.2 290.077 9.8

Shelter

 366.868 7.5 376.984 6.7 366.830 4.6 346.122 6.7 396.479 5.1 334.068 9.6

Rent of primary residence

 385.649 8.3 354.992 7.2 402.524 6.0 397.427 6.8 400.696 5.8 357.390 11.4

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 376.897 7.5 387.977 6.2 375.594 4.4 365.673 6.5 410.917 5.0 336.311 9.4

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 376.970 7.5 387.977 6.2 375.594 4.4 365.673 6.5 410.569 5.0 336.307 9.4

Fuels and utilities

 307.348 13.5 274.742 18.3     295.848 19.7 311.112 21.8 294.225 13.3

Household energy

 261.904 16.2 228.189 19.6 228.726 18.2 263.714 22.3 282.523 24.7 242.684 16.3

Energy services

 263.825 15.6 236.662 18.8 232.427 18.1 279.992 21.6 272.890 22.5 242.121 16.3

Electricity

 260.548 14.3 226.793 18.6 246.442 17.0 256.452 21.8 264.855 21.9 233.177 15.7

Utility (piped) gas service

 267.683 19.3 241.967 19.1 191.135 20.9 280.107 20.8 267.730 23.6 281.445 19.4

Household furnishings and operations

 145.972 6.7 141.207 7.7     142.293 9.1 143.378 7.3 146.112 7.9

Apparel

 124.587 2.9 106.648 1.9     125.046 0.8 126.325 2.6 134.195 2.6

Transportation

 255.993 3.9 258.192 5.0     268.423 3.6 251.234 5.3 256.321 3.2

Private transportation

 254.846 3.2 266.740 4.4     274.451 3.1 249.600 4.9 257.730 2.5

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 125.674 0.7 131.652 2.7     137.374 0.5 125.228 4.0 127.916 -0.8

New vehicles(3)

 176.463 5.9 234.789 7.6     276.286 2.4 171.762 5.3 184.377 6.3

Used cars and trucks(3)

 188.864 -8.8 353.884 -8.3     331.259 -8.3 199.703 -8.7 189.268 -9.1

Motor fuel

 288.979 -0.9 322.829 1.4 310.448 -0.8 282.557 -2.0 297.637 1.9 261.605 -3.4

Gasoline

 285.757 -1.5 318.504 1.3 305.349 -1.4 274.352 -2.9 295.478 1.6 258.204 -4.1

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 648.771 14.2                    

Medical care

 551.002 4.0 599.889 4.7     512.316 7.3 576.835 4.2 521.499 3.6

Recreation(5)

 133.172 5.1 132.791 3.1     138.183 4.4 137.393 3.4 133.207 5.9

Education and communication(5)

 144.922 0.7 135.062 -0.5     160.254 -0.2 154.234 1.1 139.993 0.1

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

 824.931 3.3 1,108.412 2.1     1,316.034 -0.3 1,375.919 2.5 1,445.669 3.3

Other goods and services

 518.088 6.4 617.124 1.5     508.234 6.7 565.841 5.4 501.130 7.4

Energy

 274.937 7.3 264.770 11.8 271.610 8.7 281.808 10.1 290.095 14.6 246.435 5.8

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.

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
2022		 Percent change from
Dec
2021		 Dec
2022		 Percent change from
Dec
2021		 Dec
2022		 Percent change from
Dec
2021		 Dec
2022		 Percent change from
Dec
2021		 Dec
2022		 Percent change from
Dec
2021		 Dec
2022		 Percent change from
Dec
2021

All items

 291.051 6.3 296.748 6.2     295.563 6.0 305.734 6.0 283.431 6.7

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 866.953   861.954       881.081   477.539   459.048  

Food and beverages

 313.801 10.1 294.164 10.4     319.436 9.0 315.871 9.1 308.830 10.6

Food

 315.301 10.3 294.951 10.5     319.532 8.6 317.695 9.2 311.197 10.9

Food at home

 298.793 11.7 304.066 14.4 287.925 8.1 293.999 11.3 302.604 10.7 295.834 12.5

Cereals and bakery products

 347.054 16.3 410.984 21.8     341.656 12.6 372.028 16.1 353.291 17.0

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 321.007 7.7 336.530 9.9     319.473 10.8 311.471 6.9 313.941 8.8

Dairy and related products

 269.159 14.9 235.701 16.5     253.488 8.6 278.802 14.0 267.565 14.5

Fruits and vegetables

 346.110 8.5 301.216 10.2     331.726 1.3 360.497 8.2 328.757 8.4

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 210.588 12.5 198.113 10.2     215.139 20.8 208.570 9.7 208.059 16.0

Other food at home

 262.250 13.9 290.051 17.8     250.179 14.1 272.766 12.5 261.311 14.4

Food away from home

 343.820 8.1 274.072 5.8     364.228 5.5 347.390 6.7 337.554 8.4

Alcoholic beverages

 286.911 6.0 268.971 9.0     318.864 14.6 284.393 7.5 270.701 6.0

Housing

 307.346 8.4 311.785 8.2     307.006 8.1 328.598 7.6 291.051 10.1

Shelter

 359.611 7.7 384.163 6.4 367.397 4.8 359.682 6.7 392.243 5.2 336.158 9.8

Rent of primary residence

 383.263 8.6 354.992 7.2 402.524 6.0 397.427 6.8 395.065 5.7 355.070 11.3

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 340.236 7.5 345.035 6.2 342.316 4.4 331.700 6.5 361.557 4.9 312.725 9.4

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 340.246 7.5 345.035 6.2 342.316 4.4 331.700 6.5 361.607 4.9 312.693 9.4

Fuels and utilities

 303.983 13.2 272.278 18.5     284.920 19.8 310.625 21.2 294.177 13.3

Household energy

 258.395 15.8 227.605 19.9 232.370 17.5 251.084 21.7 282.188 24.0 240.498 16.1

Energy services

 261.655 15.4 239.088 18.8 237.522 17.7 278.112 21.7 273.824 22.1 241.600 16.1

Electricity

 257.135 14.1 226.792 18.6 246.442 17.0 256.450 21.8 264.053 21.0 231.113 15.6

Utility (piped) gas service

 268.678 19.4 241.962 19.1 191.137 20.9 280.107 20.8 270.564 24.1 288.785 19.6

Household furnishings and operations

 139.944 7.3 132.457 8.8     125.116 7.7 138.479 8.7 135.946 8.2

Apparel

 124.557 2.9 117.580 1.6     127.983 1.3 126.907 2.8 134.138 3.0

Transportation

 258.567 2.9 274.608 3.1     256.380 3.4 255.057 4.0 254.038 1.9

Private transportation

 257.099 2.5 280.242 3.0     260.166 3.2 252.338 3.8 254.042 1.5

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 125.593 -0.6 134.211 0.0     133.509 1.3 124.141 1.3 124.505 -2.5

New vehicles(3)

 176.837 5.7 244.315 7.6     269.469 2.4 169.563 4.7 181.663 5.9

Used cars and trucks(3)

 190.119 -8.8 353.868 -8.3     331.277 -8.3 199.776 -8.6 190.667 -9.1

Motor fuel

 289.028 -0.9 323.576 1.5 309.143 -1.3 285.886 -0.9 297.965 2.6 259.423 -3.7

Gasoline

 286.185 -1.5 318.504 1.3 305.351 -1.4 274.365 -2.9 295.442 2.0 256.698 -4.3

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 654.351 14.2                    

Medical care

 559.789 4.0 592.716 5.3     516.759 6.6 578.095 4.0 535.270 3.8

Recreation(5)

 127.075 5.0 127.823 3.3     121.588 4.2 138.342 3.2 127.175 5.7

Education and communication(5)

 130.940 0.1 123.710 -2.1     144.570 0.1 139.258 0.7 123.258 -0.7

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

 788.858 3.2 1,059.409 0.1     1,278.989 0.2 1,369.660 2.6 1,310.490 3.1

Other goods and services

 572.669 6.4 688.543 1.8     670.368 7.9 659.483 5.9 547.206 7.8

Energy

 272.372 6.4 262.200 11.6 277.624 6.3 270.156 10.3 288.884 13.6 243.717 4.8

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. 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
Dec 2022 from --
Nov
2022		 Dec
2022		 Dec
2021		 Oct
2022		 Nov
2022

U.S. city average

 297.711 296.797 6.5 -0.4 -0.3

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 276.861 274.577 5.5 -1.4 -0.8

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 314.633 312.601 4.9 -1.4 -0.6

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

 314.975 315.656 6.3 0.4 0.2

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

 320.702        

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 279.000        

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

 309.655        

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 287.396        

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

 125.983        

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

 348.145        

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

 280.395        

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

 300.085        

Urban Hawaii

 319.971        

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

   295.452 8.1 -0.5  

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

   300.182 6.3 -0.1  

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

   271.647 6.2 -1.0  

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

   258.588 5.3 -1.5  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

   322.210 9.9 1.0  

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

   294.883 6.4 -0.4  

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

   175.019 9.5 -0.7  

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

   331.222 4.9 -0.3  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

   330.489 8.4 0.1  

St. Louis, MO-IL

   269.440 6.2 0.1  

Urban Alaska

   256.634 5.4 -1.7  

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 2022 from --
Nov
2022		 Dec
2022		 Dec
2021		 Oct
2022		 Nov
2022

U.S. city average

 292.495 291.051 6.3 -0.7 -0.5

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 269.083 266.022 5.2 -1.7 -1.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 304.902 302.271 4.6 -1.8 -0.9

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

 309.647 309.872 5.9 0.4 0.1

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

 321.041        

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 288.270        

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

 302.072        

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 283.946        

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

 126.453        

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

 331.524        

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

 276.742        

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

 297.220        

Urban Hawaii

 318.464        

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

   287.366 6.9 -0.9  

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

   295.563 6.0 0.0  

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

   268.700 6.5 -1.4  

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

   254.049 5.2 -1.4  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

   315.996 9.3 0.6  

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

   296.748 6.2 -0.2  

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

   174.903 9.7 -1.0  

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

   326.465 4.6 -0.9  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

   324.906 7.9 -0.3  

St. Louis, MO-IL

   266.684 5.7 -0.5  

Urban Alaska

   255.001 4.7 -2.3  

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