Americans across the country are facing much differently inflation rates depending on where they live in the US, the latest inflation data showing that consumers in the Northeast and Midwest are experiencing higher inflation than their peers across the country.

The Labor Department released its inflation report for October on Wednesday, which found that consumer price index (CPI) — a broad measure of the cost of everyday goods such as gas, groceries and rent — rose 2.6 percent from a year ago for the U.S. as a whole, in line with expectations, as inflation rose amid a broader cooling trend.

However, the rate of inflation is much faster in some parts of the country than in other areas.

The Northeast region posted inflation of 3.5 percent in October compared with a year ago, the fastest of the four geographic regions analyzed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and well above the national inflation rate. Regionally, New England had inflation of 3.3 percent, while the Mid-Atlantic had 3.6 percent.

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The Northeast region had the highest inflation in the country in October, with New York the highest among metropolitan areas. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images/Getty Images)

The Midwest region had inflation of 2.6% year-on-year in October, slightly higher than the figure of 2.5% a month ago. The South saw a similar inflation rate of 2.5% in October, although price growth accelerated faster and rose from 2.1% in September.

The Western region experienced the slowest inflation of the four regions in October, coming in at 2.1% on an annual basis – unchanged from the previous month. The Pacific region had inflation of 2.4% in October, up from 2.3% in September, while the Mountain region saw inflation decrease from 1.4% to 1.3%.

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The Labor Department report also looked at price increases in various cities and metropolitan areas across the country, which showed that the trend of relatively higher inflation in the Northeast and Midwest continued.

Inflation was the strongest since new york metro area, reaching 4% from a year ago and up from 3.8% in September.

Chicago had the second-highest inflation rate at 3.5 percent in October, though that was a notable cooling from The windy city 4.1% reading the previous month.

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Miami had the highest inflation in the South in October. (Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images/Getty Images)

The Philadelphia and Baltimore metropolitan areas each saw inflation of 3.4% in October. Detroit was slightly behind at 3.3 percent, although that was higher than Midwest St. Louis, which had inflation of 2.6%.

Miami had the highest inflation among Southern metro areas at 2.7 percent, which was hotter than Houston at 2.1 percent and Atlanta at 1.9 percent.

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In the West, both Los Angeles and in Seattle, inflation hit 3 percent in October — well above the 1.6 percent rate in Phoenix and 2.1 percent in urban Alaska.