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Summary of annual and semi-annual indexes

Consumer Price Indexes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city average and selected metropolitan areas, annual average and percent change, 2012-2022 (1982-84=100)
Year U.S. city average Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
Annual average Percent change Annual average Percent change Annual average Percent change Annual average Percent change

2012

229.594 2.1 238.097 1.8 - - - -

2013

232.957 1.5 240.900 1.2 - - - -

2014

236.736 1.6 244.050 1.3 - - - -

2015

237.017 0.1 243.858 -0.1 250.664 - 240.662 -

2016

240.007 1.3 245.290 0.6 253.422 1.1 244.039 1.4

2017

245.120 2.1 248.423 1.3 256.221 1.1 248.638 1.9

2018

251.107 2.4 251.563 1.3 261.445 2.0 253.392 1.9

2019

255.657 1.8 256.621 2.0 264.777 1.3 256.887 1.4

2020

258.811 1.2 258.923 0.9 267.157 0.9 259.476 1.0

2021

270.970 4.7 269.371 4.0 277.728 4.0 270.207 4.1

2022

292.655 8.0 290.532 7.9 296.117 6.6 294.853 9.1
Consumer Price Indexes for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), U.S. city average and selected metropolitan areas, annual average and percent change, 2012-2022 (1982-84=100)
Year U.S. city average Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
Annual average Percent change Annual average Percent change Annual average Percent change Annual average Percent change

2012

226.229 2.1 239.026 2.0 - - - -

2013

229.324 1.4 241.759 1.1 - - - -

2014

232.771 1.5 245.163 1.4 - - - -

2015

231.810 -0.4 245.185 0.0 246.491 - 239.742 -

2016

234.076 1.0 246.440 0.5 249.076 1.0 242.646 1.2

2017

239.051 2.1 249.635 1.3 252.067 1.2 247.431 2.0

2018

245.146 2.5 252.226 1.0 257.865 2.3 251.938 1.8

2019

249.222 1.7 256.887 1.8 260.554 1.0 255.003 1.2

2020

252.248 1.2 260.058 1.2 263.072 1.0 257.776 1.1

2021

265.510 5.3 270.718 4.1 274.817 4.5 267.371 3.7

2022

287.984 8.5 292.169 7.9 293.500 6.8 290.285 8.6
Consumer Price Indexes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city average and selected metropolitan areas, Semiannual average and percent change, 2012-2022 (1982-84=100)
Year Half U.S. city average Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
Semi-annual average 12-Month Percent Change Semi-annual average 12-Month Percent Change Semi-annual average 12-Month Percent Change Semi-annual average 12-Month Percent Change

2012

1st 228.850 2.3 236.756 1.9 - - - -
2nd 230.338 1.8 239.437 1.7 - - - -

2013

1st 232.366 1.5 240.282 1.5 - - - -
2nd 233.548 1.4 241.518 0.9 - - - -

2014

1st 236.384 1.7 243.519 1.3 - - - -
2nd 237.088 1.5 244.582 1.3 - - - -

2015

1st 236.265 -0.1 243.609 0.0 249.828 - 240.162 -
2nd 237.769 0.3 244.107 -0.2 251.500 - 241.161 -

2016

1st 238.778 1.1 244.286 0.3 253.049 1.3 242.483 1.0
2nd 241.237 1.5 246.295 0.9 253.795 0.9 245.595 1.8

2017

1st 244.076 2.2 247.946 1.5 255.332 0.9 247.885 2.2
2nd 246.163 2.0 248.901 1.1 257.110 1.3 249.391 1.5

2018

1st 250.089 2.5 250.713 1.1 260.903 2.2 252.401 1.8
2nd 252.125 2.4 252.413 1.4 261.987 1.9 254.382 2.0

2019

1st 254.412 1.7 255.020 1.7 264.252 1.3 256.485 1.6
2nd 256.903 1.9 258.221 2.3 265.301 1.3 257.288 1.1

2020

1st 257.557 1.2 258.042 1.2 265.954 0.6 258.891 0.9
2nd 260.065 1.2 259.804 0.6 268.359 1.2 260.061 1.1

2021

1st 266.236 3.4 264.826 2.6 273.603 2.9 265.048 2.4
2nd 275.703 6.0 273.916 5.4 281.852 5.0 275.367 5.9

2022

1st 288.347 8.3 286.111 8.0 292.543 6.9 290.220 9.5
2nd 296.963 7.7 294.953 7.7 299.69 6.3 299.487 8.8
Consumer Price Indexes for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), U.S. city average and selected metropolitan areas, semiannual average and percent change, 2012-2022 (1982-84=100)
Year Half U.S. city average Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
Semi-annual average 12-Month Percent Change Semi-annual average 12-Month Percent Change Semi-annual average 12-Month Percent Change Semi-annual average 12-Month Percent Change

2012

1st 225.581 2.4 237.664 2.2 - - - -
2nd 226.878 1.8 240.389 1.8 - - - -

2013

1st 228.812 1.4 241.144 1.5 - - - -
2nd 229.837 1.3 242.375 0.8 - - - -

2014

1st 232.639 1.7 244.487 1.4 - - - -
2nd 232.902 1.3 245.839 1.4 - - - -

2015

1st 231.167 -0.6 245.038 0.2 245.614 - 239.221 -
2nd 232.453 -0.2 245.332 -0.2 247.368 - 240.263 -

2016

1st 232.901 0.8 245.460 0.2 248.725 1.3 241.341 0.9
2nd 235.251 1.2 247.421 0.9 249.427 0.8 243.951 1.5

2017

1st 237.974 2.2 249.203 1.5 251.268 1.0 246.860 2.3
2nd 240.128 2.1 250.067 1.1 252.866 1.4 248.003 1.7

2018

1st 244.157 2.6 251.531 0.9 257.330 2.4 251.161 1.7
2nd 246.136 2.5 252.921 1.1 258.401 2.2 252.715 1.9

2019

1st 248.012 1.6 255.184 1.5 260.244 1.1 254.576 1.4
2nd 250.432 1.7 258.589 2.2 260.865 1.0 255.430 1.1

2020

1st 250.794 1.1 258.893 1.5 261.528 0.5 257.149 1.0
2nd 253.703 1.3 261.223 1.0 264.616 1.4 258.403 1.2

2021

1st 260.389 3.8 266.097 2.8 270.440 3.4 262.413 2.0
2nd 270.630 6.7 275.340 5.4 279.195 5.5 272.329 5.4

2022

1st 283.926 9.0 287.889 8.2 290.127 7.3 285.723 8.9
2nd 292.042 7.9 296.450 7.7 296.874 6.3 294.846 8.3