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Geographic Information > Southwest > Table

Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Southwest

 
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, All Items, for the U.S. City Average, South, and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Area

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data		 Annual
average
2022		 Dec
2022		 Jan
2023		 Percent change
Annual
average
2021 to
2022		 12 months
ended
Dec
2022		 Jan
2023

U.S. City Average

 292.655 296.797 299.170 8.0 6.5 6.4

South(1)

 283.666 288.205 290.438 8.6 7.0 6.9

South City Size Class (population)

A (greater than 2,500,000)

 288.798 293.708 295.376 8.9 7.3 6.9

B/C (2,500,000 or less)(2)

 179.294 182.073 183.679 8.4 6.9 6.9

Metropolitan areas

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX(3)

 273.855   281.117 8.8   7.5

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX(3)

 258.660 258.588   8.2 5.3  

Footnotes
(1) The South region includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
(2) Index on a December 1996=100 base.
(3) Published in alternate months.

Source: Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.