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Monthly price trends in the U.S. Midwest

Track the official all-items CPI-U for the Midwest region through exact published months.

Latest reference month: July 2026

One-month change

-0.20% Jun 2026 – Jul 2026

Twelve-month change

3.49% Jul 2025 – Jul 2026

Five-year change

21.85% Jul 2021 – Jul 2026

Change since January 2020

29.46% Jan 2020 – Jul 2026

What the published series shows

From July 2025 to July 2026, All-items CPI for Midwest region changed by 3.49%.

This regional CPI-U measures time change for the published region and does not show the Midwest’s absolute price level.

Monthly index history

How to read these numbers

These values are Consumer Price Index points. They are not dollar prices, household spending totals, or percentages.

  • The source sets its base period to 100 (1982-84=100). A value above 100 means the measured basket’s price level is higher than it was in that base period; a value below 100 means it is lower.
  • When the index rises from one month to another, the measured basket became more expensive. When it falls, the basket became less expensive. Individual products and household costs can move differently.
  • The reference month is the month the prices represent, which may be earlier than the date the source published the data.
  • Source status repeats any special flag supplied by the official provider. “No special status reported” means the provider did not attach a special flag to that observation.

The latest published value is 310.304 for July 2026. Read it as an index level; use the percentage-change cards above to see how much it changed over time.

Compare with an earlier year

Move the slider to compare July in an earlier available year with the latest published observation for the same month. If a year is unavailable, the slider uses the nearest year with an exact matching month.

2017
Earlier index (July 2017)
229.82
Latest index (July 2026)
310.304
Change between those months
35.02%

As a simple index-based example, $100.00 at the July 2017 price level corresponds to about $135.02 at the July 2026 price level.

Earlier and latest index levels

Both bars use the same zero baseline so their lengths can be compared directly. Exact index values appear beside the bars.

  1. July 2017 229.82 229.82
  2. July 2026 310.304 310.304

The dollar example applies the official index change to a round amount to make the percentage easier to understand. It is not a price quote, spending estimate, basket-content comparison, or forecast.

The restrained chart shows the latest twelve observations. The accessible table includes up to the latest twenty-four published months.

  1. Jul 2025299.836299.836
  2. Aug 2025300.753300.753
  3. Sep 2025301.579301.579
  4. Nov 2025300.771300.771
  5. Dec 2025300.404300.404
  6. Jan 2026301.591301.591
  7. Feb 2026303.49303.49
  8. Mar 2026306.366306.366
  9. Apr 2026308.889308.889
  10. May 2026312.352312.352
  11. Jun 2026310.937310.937
  12. Jul 2026310.304310.304
All-items CPI CPI history for Midwest region
Reference monthPublished indexSource status
July 2024292.256No special status reported
August 2024292.559No special status reported
September 2024292.547No special status reported
October 2024292.291No special status reported
November 2024292.022No special status reported
December 2024292.533No special status reported
January 2025294.404No special status reported
February 2025295.232No special status reported
March 2025296.227No special status reported
April 2025296.688No special status reported
May 2025297.342No special status reported
June 2025299.529No special status reported
July 2025299.836No special status reported
August 2025300.753No special status reported
September 2025301.579No special status reported
November 2025300.771No special status reported
December 2025300.404No special status reported
January 2026301.591No special status reported
February 2026303.49No special status reported
March 2026306.366No special status reported
April 2026308.889No special status reported
May 2026312.352No special status reported
June 2026310.937No special status reported
July 2026310.304No special status reported

Source and freshness

Agency
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Dataset
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) (cpi_u)
Official series
Midwest;All items (CUUR0200SA0)
Units and base period
Consumer Price Index — 1982-84=100
Seasonal adjustment
Not seasonally adjusted
Source release or vintage date
July 1, 2026
Retrieved by CostOfMe.ai
August 31, 2026
Revision of an earlier imported release
No

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-08-31. BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.

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Methodology and limitations

Each change is (ending index − starting index) × 100 ÷ starting index, calculated with exact decimal arithmetic and rounded to two decimal places using half-even rounding.

One month, twelve months and five years use exact calendar-month offsets from the newest observation. Since-2020 uses January 2020. Missing months are reported, never interpolated.

CPI measures price change through time for a defined geography. It is not an absolute cost-level comparison between places, and indexes from different base periods must not be compared as price levels.

All copy and calculations on this page are deterministic. No AI model generates, checks or summarizes these figures.

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