(The Center Square) – Amid Inauguration Day festivities to the north, North Carolinians on Monday were paying averages of $3.50 for a gallon of milk, $7.70 for a pound of beef round and $2.88 for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline.
The refrain for politicians challenging incumbents of all levels for the past year has been “are you better off?” On the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, a look at consumer prices in the state.
Milk (regular, 1 gallon): $3.50, on a range of $2.50 to $5.50. The national average is $3.99, on a range of $1.96 to $7.65.
Eggs (regular, dozen: $4.06, on a range of $2.29 to $6.50. The national average is $3.81, on a range of $1.89 to $6.69.
Beef round (1 pound, equivalent back leg red meat): $7.70, on a range of $4.99 to $9. The national average is $7.30, on a range of $4.29 to $12.
Bread (load, fresh white, 1 pound): $3.61, on a range of $1.99 to $4.53. The national average is $3.28, on a range of $1.79 to $6.05.
Gasoline (unleaded, 1 gallon): $2.88, down from $2.92 a year ago, up from $2.83 a month ago. The national average is $3.12, up from $3.08 a year ago, and $3.05 from a month ago.
Diesel (unleaded, 1 gallon): $3.54, down from $3.86 a year ago, up from $3.41 a month ago. The national average is $3.63, down from $3.92 a year ago, up from $3.51 a month ago.
Food prices are from Numbeo, a crowd-sourced database with costs of living and other factors for cities and countries globally.
Fuel prices are from the American Automobile Association.