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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > Table

Consumer Price Index, Calendar Year Historical, 2018-2022

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
Annual Percent Changes for Calendar Years 2018 - 2022*
U.S. City Average, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, and Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land
Item and group U.S. City Average Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington* Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

All items

 1.9 2.3 1.4 7.0 6.5 2.2 1.8 0.3 7.5 8.4 2.3 1.0 0.7 6.6 5.3

Food and beverages

 1.6 1.7 3.8 6.0 10.1 0.2 3.1 2.5 4.1 13.7 1.1 1.4 3.0 4.9 11.6

Food

 1.6 1.8 3.9 6.3 10.4 0.1 3.0 2.7 4.4 14.1 1.2 1.3 3.0 5.2 11.9

Food at home

 0.6 0.7 3.9 6.5 11.8 -2.1 1.5 0.8 7.3 15.3 -0.1 -0.4 1.7 6.3 14.9

Food away from home

 2.8 3.1 3.9 6.0 8.3 2.5 4.6 4.7 1.4   2.4 2.9 4.3 4.2 9.0

Alcoholic beverages

 1.8 0.5 2.8 2.3 5.8 0.4 3.8 0.8 0.6 8.2 -0.8 1.9 3.7 1.1 6.0

Housing

 3.0 2.6 2.0 5.1 8.1 4.0 2.0 2.6 5.9 10.6 4.2 0.4 2.3 3.7 5.7

Shelter

 3.2 3.2 1.8 4.1 7.5 3.5 3.7 2.8 4.8 10.2 2.2 2.9 1.3 1.9 8.4

Rent of primary residence

 3.5 3.7 2.3 3.3 8.3 4.2 3.3 4.0 4.4 11.8 1.7 2.4 1.9 1.7 9.1

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(1)

 3.2 3.3 2.2 3.8 7.5 3.3 4.3 3.2 4.8 8.6 3.2 3.1 1.6 1.9 8.2

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(1)

 3.2 3.3 2.2 3.8 7.5 3.3 4.3 3.2 4.8 8.6 3.2 3.1 1.6 1.9 8.2

Fuels and utilities

 2.1 -0.2 2.3 9.5 13.5 10.3 -2.2 1.9 13.7 14.9 14.6 -13.8 11.3 7.3 -2.8

Energy services

 1.4 -1.2 2.6 10.4 15.6 2.6 4.7 0.5 18.8 18.8 15.3 -17.5 11.3 8.9 -3.5

Electricity

 1.1 -0.4 2.2 6.3 14.3 6.4 4.7 -1.1 17.3 20.2 17.8 -19.2 13.4 7.9 -12.3

Utility (piped) gas service

 2.3 -3.5 4.1 24.1 19.3 -16.4 4.3 10.2 26.9 12.2 -2.9 -2.6 -1.7 16.4 47.8

Household furnishings and operations

 2.1 1.0 3.2 7.4 6.7 0.9 -4.9 1.3 6.4 8.4 5.5 1.9 1.2 12.3 -2.0

Apparel

 -0.1 -1.2 -3.9 5.8 2.9 -1.7 3.8 -8.7 6.9 4.5 -2.4 -3.1 -4.5 7.9 -3.4

Transportation

 0.7 1.9 -2.4 21.1 3.9 0.3 0.1 -7.8 23.9 7.5 0.2 1.7 -5.5 20.6 4.6

Private transportation

 0.9 2.0 -1.5 22.6 3.2 0.7 -0.6 -6.7 25.8 6.1 0.5 1.6 -5.2 23.2 3.1

Motor fuel

 -1.9 7.6 -15.3 49.5 -0.9 -1.0 0.9 -22.8 70.2 -0.6 -5.4 5.3 -18.4 58.9 -5.4

Gasoline (all types)

 -2.1 7.9 -15.2 49.6 -1.5 -1.2 1.1 -22.8 70.1 -1.5 -5.8 5.7 -18.3 58.9 -6.5

Medical care

 2.0 4.6 1.8 2.2 4.0 1.5 4.7 3.2 0.4 4.8 3.3 3.4 3.1 0.3 0.9

Recreation(2)

 1.2 1.5 0.9 3.3 5.1 7.3 -1.6 -1.8 1.0 5.5 2.6 1.0 3.3 7.0 9.8

Education and communication(2)

 0.2 1.4 2.0 1.6 0.7 -2.4 -0.6 2.0 1.6 -2.1 0.1 2.7 -2.1 3.6 -2.7

Other goods and services

 2.1 2.3 2.4 4.5 6.4 3.2 4.5 3.3 9.4 0.9 1.1 -2.4 2.0 4.1 0.8

SPECIAL INDEXES (CPI-U)

Energy

 -0.3 3.4 -7.0 29.3 7.3 0.8 2.5 -11.2 40.9 8.8 5.0 -7.2 -3.8 30.5 -4.3

All items less shelter

 1.3 1.8 1.1 8.5 5.9 1.6 0.9 -1.0 9.0 7.4 2.3 0.1 0.4 8.9 3.9

All items less food and energy

 2.2 2.3 1.6 5.5 5.7 2.7 1.6 0.9 5.5 7.6 2.1 1.8 0.7 4.9 5.2

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

All items

 1.8 2.3 1.4 7.8 6.3 2.3 2.0 0.2 8.6 8.5 2.0 0.6 0.6 7.5 5.2

(1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
(2) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.

* The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington CPI is published for odd-numbered months of the year. The yearly rates shown here for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington are from November to November, while the U.S. City Average and Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land rates are from December to December.