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Food at home index

Consumer Price Index for food at home, U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted. Index points, not dollars.

Latest index level

321.500

Latest reported month: August 2026. The index base is 1982–84 = 100, as BLS titles it.

Index, August 2026
321.500
Index, August 2025 (12 months earlier)
314.608
Change over 12 months
+6.892 points · 2.2%

This figure is an index, not a price in dollars. It measures how the cost of food prepared and eaten at home has changed over time, across the U.S. city average.

Monthly values

Last 24 published index values for this series, August 2024 to August 2026. BLS published no value for October 2025; those months are not shown.
MonthIndex (1982–84 = 100, raw value as published)
August 2024306.402
September 2024307.767
October 2024308.200
November 2024307.972
December 2024308.380
January 2025310.936
February 2025311.284
March 2025312.815
April 2025311.840
May 2025312.491
June 2025313.028
July 2025313.263
August 2025314.608
September 2025316.042
November 2025313.954
December 2025315.664
January 2026317.431
February 2026318.898
March 2026318.755
April 2026320.859
May 2026321.047
June 2026321.631
July 2026321.643
August 2026321.500