The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the St. Louis area advanced 0.5 percent for the two months ending in February 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that prices for all items less food and energy increased 0.4 percent. The index for food rose 0.9 percent, while the index for energy declined 0.5 percent over the two-month period. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The St. Louis area all items CPI-U advanced 2.0 percent for the 12 months ending in February. The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.2 percent over the year, and food prices rose 2.4 percent. Energy prices fell 1.5 percent for the same period.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, St. Louis, MO-IL, February 2022–February 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Feb 2022	8.2	6.3
Apr 2022	8.4	5.7
Jun 2022	8.4	4.8
Aug 2022	7.5	5.3
Oct 2022	7.0	5.0
Dec 2022	6.2	5.0
Feb 2023	5.9	4.8
Apr 2023	4.2	4.6
Jun 2023	3.1	4.8
Aug 2023	3.1	3.7
Oct 2023	3.1	3.8
Dec 2023	2.8	3.6
Feb 2024	3.6	4.8
Apr 2024	4.0	4.2
Jun 2024	3.4	4.3
Aug 2024	3.3	4.1
Oct 2024	2.6	3.5
Dec 2024	3.1	3.4
Feb 2025	2.0	2.2

Food prices were up 0.9 percent for the two months ending in February. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) rose 0.9 percent, and prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 0.8 percent for the same period. Within the food at home index, the indexes for cereals and bakery products (+4.3 percent), meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+2.6 percent), and fruits and vegetables (+1.7 percent) contributed to the rise.

Food prices increased 2.4 percent over the year. Prices for food away from home advanced 3.5 percent, and prices for food at home rose 1.6 percent. The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs and the index for fruits and vegetables were both up 6.1 percent over the same period.

The energy index decreased 0.5 percent for the two months ending in February. Gasoline prices increased 2.4 percent over the same period.

From February 2024 to February 2025, energy prices fell 1.5 percent. The index for gasoline declined 2.4 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.4 percent during the two-month period. Among index components, prices were higher for apparel (+6.4 percent), recreation (+1.6 percent), and medical care (+0.9 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for public transportation, owners’ equivalent rent of residence (-0.2 percent), and rent of primary residence (-0.9 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 2.2 percent over the year. Components contributing most to the increase included owners’ equivalent rent of residence (+4.2 percent), rent of primary residence (+5.0 percent), and motor vehicle maintenance and repair. In contrast, prices were lower for education and communication (-4.5 percent) and apparel (-3.4 percent).

The April 2025 Consumer Price Index for the St. Louis area is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services. The Consumer Price Index for St. Louis is published bi-monthly. The set of components and sub-aggregates published for regional and metropolitan indexes is more limited than at the U.S. city average level; these indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a much smaller sample size than the national or regional indexes and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local-area indexes are more volatile than the national or regional indexes. In addition, local indexes are not adjusted for seasonal influences. NOTE: Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices between cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period.

Percent changes for all-items data previously found in Table A of this release can be accessed in Chart 1 for this release and its attendant data table. A full all-items data series history for the original index value and for 1-month, 2-month, 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month percent changes can be accessed via BLS data query tools. A direct link to the all-items series is provided in Table 1 of this release under historical data.

The St. Louis, MO-IL, Core Based Statistical Area covered in this release includes Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair counties in Illinois; and Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, St. Charles, St. Louis, and Warren counties and St. Louis City in Missouri.

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Table 1. St. Louis, MO-IL, CPI-U by expenditure category for February 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025
All items		285.607	-	286.933	2.0	0.5	-
All items (1967=100)		848.301	-	852.239	-	-	-
Food and beverages		333.607	-	336.419	2.2	0.8	-
Food		334.013	-	336.869	2.4	0.9	-
Food at home		295.806	295.693	298.423	1.6	0.9	0.9
Cereals and bakery products		253.191	265.996	264.125	1.8	4.3	-0.7
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		293.736	295.125	301.512	6.1	2.6	2.2
Dairy and related products		187.181	183.470	186.596	-1.6	-0.3	1.7
Fruits and vegetables		436.050	438.076	443.607	6.1	1.7	1.3
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		228.079	222.141	227.459	-3.7	-0.3	2.4
Other food at home		315.978	311.709	312.364	-0.3	-1.1	0.2
Food away from home		399.955	-	403.219	3.5	0.8	-
Alcoholic beverages		297.547	-	299.477	0.6	0.6	-
Housing		286.639	-	285.362	3.2	-0.4	-
Shelter		345.349	341.581	344.437	4.6	-0.3	0.8
Rent of primary residence		320.101	316.904	317.313	5.0	-0.9	0.1
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		361.317	358.996	360.516	4.2	-0.2	0.4
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		361.317	358.996	360.516	4.2	-0.2	0.4
Household furnishings and operations		140.548	-	141.049	-1.0	0.4	-
Apparel		133.564	-	142.091	-3.4	6.4	-
Transportation		248.996	-	249.887	3.0	0.4	-
Private transportation		252.856	-	256.166	2.8	1.3	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		117.389	-	118.243	0.1	0.7	-
New vehicles(1)		260.476	-	261.885	-0.5	0.5	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		393.957	-	395.540	1.4	0.4	-
Motor fuel		273.534	276.158	280.503	-2.5	2.5	1.6
Gasoline (all types)		268.983	271.313	275.460	-2.4	2.4	1.5
Unleaded regular(4)		257.668	259.928	263.965	-2.6	2.4	1.6
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		332.344	334.511	339.314	-1.1	2.1	1.4
Unleaded premium(4)		290.059	292.347	296.188	-1.0	2.1	1.3
Medical care		528.178	-	533.025	0.5	0.9	-
Recreation(3)		136.161	-	138.401	1.1	1.6	-
Education and communication(3)		145.965	-	146.038	-4.5	0.1	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,416.427	-	1,416.427	-1.4	0.0	-
Other goods and services		391.400	-	398.248	0.1	1.7	-
(1) Index is on a March 1978=100 base. (2) Index is on a November 1982=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. (4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. (5) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

Table 2. St. Louis, MO-IL, CPI-U by special aggregate index for February 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025
All items		285.607	-	286.933	2.0	0.5	-
Food		334.013	-	336.869	2.4	0.9	-
Energy		254.884	251.831	253.573	-1.5	-0.5	0.7
All items less food and energy		285.633	-	286.902	2.2	0.4	-
All items less energy		292.207	-	293.748	2.2	0.5	-
All items less medical care		273.410	-	274.552	2.1	0.4	-
All items less shelter		267.174	-	269.210	0.8	0.8	-
Commodities		223.311	-	226.380	0.1	1.4	-
Commodities less food		177.175	-	180.418	-1.1	1.8	-
Commodities less food & beverages		172.305	-	175.576	-1.2	1.9	-
Durables		116.187	-	117.061	-0.9	0.8	-
Nondurables		283.342	-	287.714	0.4	1.5	-
Nondurables less food		239.726	-	245.848	-1.4	2.6	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		234.159	-	240.581	-1.7	2.7	-
Services		350.139	-	349.570	3.3	-0.2	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		363.227	-	362.994	1.9	-0.1	-
Services less medical care services		332.682	-	331.810	3.8	-0.3	-
(1) Indexes on a November 1982=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.