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A1US GDP 2025 $30.86T│A2Real growth +2.3%│A3CPI, 12 mo to Sep 2026 +3.7%│A4Unemployment 2025 4.3%BEA · BLS · Census — updated October 29, 2026
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Inflation by metro area

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a consumer price index for the nation, its regions and 23 large metro areas. Smaller metro areas are priced every other month, so their latest month may lag.

BLS CPI-ULatest: September 2026
US, 12 months to September 2026+3.7%CPI-U, all items
US, 2025 annual average+2.6%change in the annual index
US, a year since 2020+4.5%compound average
Highest, latest 12 months+5.2%Urban Hawaii
Fig. 1US inflation by year, 1991–2025Change in the annual average CPI-U, percent
-2.5%0%2.5%5%7.5%10%1995200020052010201520202025US city average

Metro areas

Sorted by the latest twelve-month change. Darker bars — faster price growth.

Metro areaLatest 12 monthsMonth20255-year averageSince 2019
Urban Hawaii+5.2%Sep 2026+2.6%+4.1%
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA+4.7%Sep 2026+3.8%+5.0%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA+4.5%Sep 2026+3.4%+4.1%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue WA+4.4%Aug 2026+2.4%+5.1%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD+4.2%Aug 2026+3.2%+4.6%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV+4.1%Sep 2026+2.2%+3.8%
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO+4.0%Sep 2026+2.3%+4.2%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH+3.8%Sep 2026+3.1%+4.1%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI+3.7%Aug 2026+1.7%+4.6%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA+3.7%Sep 2026+3.2%+4.2%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL+3.7%Aug 2026+2.6%+5.6%
Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI+3.6%Sep 2026+2.3%+3.9%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA+3.6%Sep 2026+3.3%+5.0%
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA+3.4%Aug 2026+2.2%+3.5%
Urban Alaska+3.3%Aug 2026+2.1%+3.7%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX+3.0%Sep 2026+1.3%+4.9%
St. Louis, MO-IL+2.9%Aug 2026+2.4%+4.6%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI+2.9%Sep 2026+3.1%+4.3%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA+2.9%Aug 2026+1.7%+5.2%
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ+2.5%Aug 2026+1.2%+5.0%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD+2.3%Aug 2026+3.1%+4.6%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL+1.9%Sep 2026+2.7%+5.6%
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX+1.3%Aug 2026+1.3%+3.9%

BLS Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), all items, not seasonally adjusted.