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Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators

 

CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. City Average, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, and Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, February 2025 (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted) (PDF format: not updated until mid-morning on release day)
Item and group U.S. City Average
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land
Index Percent change
Index Percent change
Index Percent change
Feb.
2025
12-
month
1-
month
2-
month
Feb.
2025
12-
month
1-
month
2-
month
Feb.
2025
12-
month
1-
month
2-
month

All items

319.082 2.8             275.619 1.0    

Food and beverages

333.498 2.6             307.535 2.5    

Food

336.274 2.6             309.945 2.5    

Food at home

311.284 1.9     273.844 0.2     295.597 1.1    

Cereals and bakery products

357.627 0.3     315.636 -1.9     336.543 -4.5    

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

344.781 7.7     341.587 5.3     342.423 11.2    

Dairy and related products

269.432 0.8     245.843 4.1     222.773 -8.9    

Fruits and vegetables

353.197 -0.2     220.505 -6.0     382.546 4.4    

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

225.510 2.1     233.093 -0.5     351.494 0.2    

Other food at home

273.067 0.1     265.596 -0.7     246.698 -3.8    

Food away from home

376.991 3.7             319.978 3.8    

Alcoholic beverages

294.211 1.7             257.710 4.7    

Housing

342.398 3.9             273.008 1.6    

Shelter

410.635 4.2     351.803 3.4     329.627 1.4    

Rent of primary residence

430.603 4.1     374.129 3.0     325.774 1.1    

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)

422.567 4.4     376.174 3.3     308.688 1.1    

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)

422.576 4.4     376.174 3.3     308.688 1.1    

Fuels and utilities

325.104 3.5                    

Household energy

271.852 3.0                    

Energy Services

276.377 3.3                    

Electricity

283.194 2.5                    

Utility (piped) gas service

250.380 6.0                    

Household furnishings & operations

149.408 1.0             161.348 3.6    

Apparel

132.774 0.6             183.906 -3.9    

Transportation

271.040 1.7             234.962 -1.3    

Private transportation

270.942 1.9             237.480 -1.3    

New and used motor vehicles(3)

124.749 0.0             100.913 -2.1    

New vehicles(1)

178.038 -0.3             196.022 -0.2    

Used cars and trucks(1)

181.361 0.8             295.121 -0.5    

Motor fuel

280.143 -3.2     260.514 -5.6     239.209 -5.6    

Gasoline (all types)

279.059 -3.1     258.267 -5.6     239.117 -5.5    

Motor vehicle insurance(1)

895.970 11.1                    

Medical care

573.320 2.9             553.519 1.0    

Recreation(3)

140.788 1.8             130.028 1.1    

Education and communication(3)

146.449 0.3             122.042 1.7    

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)

880.856 3.5             1,320.232 -0.2    

Other goods and services

569.205 3.3             491.316 4.2    

SPECIAL INDEXES (CPI-U)

Energy

275.867 -0.2     300.542 1.7     197.255 -3.8    

All items less shelter

286.756 2.0             254.571 0.8    

All items less food and energy

325.252 3.1             283.454 1.3    

All items (1967 = 100)

955.829               884.011      

CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS
AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI-W)

All items

312.460 2.7 0.4 1.1         270.750 0.7   0.7

All items (1967 = 100)

930.723               864.114      

Footnotes
(1) For Dallas, indexes on a February 1978=100 base. For Houston, indexes on an April 1978=100 base.
(2) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
(3) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.

Note: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households. The indexes for food at home, energy, and shelter are compiled monthly for Dallas and Houston. Full surveys, which produce the All Items Indexes and major components, are compiled every two months. These full surveys are published for the odd-numbered months for Dallas and for the even-numbered months for Houston.

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