What groceries cost in each U.S. region
Grocery Deal Hub compares what groceries cost in each U.S. region, using the average prices the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes every month. We do not publish coupons or store deals.
Data month: August 2026. Source fetched 2026-09-27 UTC.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Average Price Data for the four Census regions and the U.S. city average. These are regional averages, not the price at any particular store.
About the dataHow the four regions compare on the everyday basket
The basket is the 30 items the data carries in all four Census regions and the U.S. city average. They are:
- All Ham (Excluding Canned Ham and Luncheon Slices), per lb. (453.6 gm)
- All Other Pork (Excluding Canned Ham and Luncheon Slices), per lb. (453.6 gm)
- All Pork Chops, per lb. (453.6 gm)
- All Uncooked Beef Roasts, per lb. (453.6 gm)
- All Uncooked Beef Steaks, per lb. (453.6 gm)
- All uncooked ground beef, per lb. (453.6 gm)
- All Uncooked Other Beef (Excluding Veal), per lb. (453.6 gm)
- Automotive diesel fuel, per gallon/3.785 liters
- Bacon, sliced, per lb. (453.6 gm)
- Bananas, per lb. (453.6 gm)
- Bread, white, pan, per lb. (453.6 gm)
- Chicken breast, boneless, per lb. (453.6 gm)
- Chicken, fresh, whole, per lb. (453.6 gm)
- Chops, boneless, per lb. (453.6 gm)
- Chuck roast, USDA Choice, boneless, per lb. (453.6 gm)
- Electricity per KWH
- Fuel oil #2 per gallon (3.785 liters)
- Gasoline, all types, per gallon/3.785 liters
- Gasoline, unleaded midgrade, per gallon/3.785 liters
- Gasoline, unleaded premium, per gallon/3.785 liters
- Gasoline, unleaded regular, per gallon/3.785 liters
- Ground beef, 100% beef, per lb. (453.6 gm)
- Ham, boneless, excluding canned, per lb. (453.6 gm)
- Lemons, per lb. (453.6 gm)
- Malt beverages, all types, all sizes, any origin, per 16 oz. (473.2 ml)
- Oranges, Navel, per lb. (453.6 gm)
- Potato chips, per 16 oz.
- Potatoes, white, per lb. (453.6 gm)
- Utility (piped) gas per therm
- Wine, red and white table, all sizes, any origin, per 1 liter (33.8 oz)
Each figure is the latest average price on file for that item in that region. No summed basket price is published: a sum of averages would only be meaningful if every item were present in every region, and even then it would be a sum of averages, not a price anyone pays.
The everyday basket, in full · All items · Regions · Item groups
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data. Data month: August 2026. Fetched 2026-09-27 UTC.