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Midwest Consumer Price Index Card
Current and archived PDF versions of this Midwest CPI Summary page are now available at www.bls.gov/regions/midwest/cpi-
summary. (The tables below are updated several hours before the PDF version and the regional and local area news releases).
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the U.S. and Midwest Region, not seasonally
adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item
United States City Average
Midwest Region
Index
Percent change to
May 2022 from
Index
Percent change to
May 2022 from
May
2022
May
2021
Apr
2022
May
2022
May
2021
Apr
2022
All items
292.296
8.6
1.1
272.673
8.8
1.5
All items (other base)(1)
875.589
443.653
Food and beverages
300.081
9.7
1.1
290.312
11.4
1.3
Food
302.038
10.1
1.1
291.562
12.0
1.3
Food at home
285.953
11.9
1.3
271.278
13.9
1.6
Cereals and bakery products
319.930
11.6
1.6
304.482
13.1
2.9
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
314.929
14.2
1.5
310.507
17.5
2.1
Dairy and related products
257.678
11.8
2.6
238.026
13.9
3.6
Fruits and vegetables
341.594
8.2
0.7
312.710
9.2
0.4
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials
199.166
12.0
1.0
193.467
14.7
0.2
Other food at home
247.300
12.6
1.2
232.401
14.1
1.3
Food away from home
325.952
7.4
0.7
323.169
8.8
0.9
Alcoholic beverages
272.293
4.0
0.3
272.542
3.5
1.0
Housing
297.868
6.9
0.9
262.201
7.1
1.3
Shelter
350.580
5.5
0.6
307.740
5.2
0.6
Rent of primary residence
365.116
5.2
0.6
308.779
5.0
0.4
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)
358.469
5.1
0.6
313.386
4.7
0.4
Footnotes
(1) Other base: United States City Average, 1967=100; Midwest Region, December 1977=100 base.
(2) Index is on a December 1982=100 base.
(3) Index on a December 1997=100 base.
(4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
(5) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
(6) For the Midwest region, indexes on a December 1977=100 base.
Note: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Midwest region