Phoenix has the highest inflation in the U.S. according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Inflation may have dipped slightly in April, giving the Biden administration some relief from rising prices, but for some areas of the U.S., double-digit inflation is already a reality. The cities of Atlanta, Phoenix, Tampa and the metropolitan area of Riverside-San Bernardino have all registered over 10 percent inflation on goods compared to last year, with the highest being the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale region of Arizona, with 11 percent. The 11 percent figure for Phoenix was the highest metropolitan area inflation number in the data provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which goes back 20 years. The next highest with 10.8 percent is Atlanta, a city that has experienced high inflation for over a year, when prices leapt up around 6 percent in April 2021. Five other metropolitan areas are close to double-digit inflation: Baltimore, Dallas, Denver, Miami and Seattle all have inflation of 9 percent or higher.
