U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators
CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. City Average, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, January 2015
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item and group
All items
Food and beverages
Food
Food at home
Food away from home
Alcoholic beverages
Housing
Shelter
Rent of primary residence (1)
Owners' equivalent rent of primary
residences (1) (2)
Owners' equivalent rent of
primary residence (1) (2)
Fuels and utilities
Household energy
Energy services (1) (3)
Electricity (1)
Utility (piped) gas service (1)
Household furnishings & operations
Apparel
Transportation
Private transportation
Motor fuel
Gasoline (all types)
Medical care
Recreation (4)
Education and communication (4)
Other goods and services
SPECIAL INDEXES (CPI-U)
Energy
All items less shelter
All items less food and energy
All items (1967 = 100)
U.S. City Average
Dallas-Fort Worth
Percent change
Percent change
Index
Index
12121212Jan.
Jan.
month month month
month month month
2015
2015
233.707
-0.1
-0.5
-1.0 214.899
-0.6
-1.1
246.100
246.538
243.123
253.037
238.718
235.485
274.589
281.572
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.1
1.0
2.3
2.9
3.4
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.2
-0.1
0.4
0.4
0.2
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.4
-0.3
0.5
0.5
0.5
249.845
244.601
223.150
277.723
318.315
196.475
209.221
218.230
2.0
2.3
3.0
1.3
-1.9
3.2
3.3
5.2
281.980
2.6
0.2
0.4
224.533
281.951
232.309
198.143
201.594
208.172
179.184
122.351
122.527
190.871
185.461
186.763
185.142
440.969
115.288
137.604
412.545
2.6
1.0
-0.1
1.9
2.5
-0.4
-1.1
-1.4
-10.6
-11.2
-35.2
-35.4
2.6
0.0
0.4
1.8
0.2
0.5
0.5
1.0
1.9
-2.0
0.1
-1.1
-4.5
-4.7
-17.1
-17.1
0.3
0.4
0.1
0.5
0.4
1.1
1.2
2.1
2.6
0.4
-0.3
-5.0
-7.7
-8.0
-26.2
-26.3
0.6
0.2
-0.1
0.7
192.619
220.322
239.248
700.083
-19.6
-1.5
1.6
-8.2
-0.9
0.2
-13.2
-1.8
0.0
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria
Percent change
Index
1212Jan.
month month month
2015
0.7
0.5
0.2
0.2
0.4
-0.1
-0.2
0.7
0.9
0.7
2.9
0.2
0.7
218.529
5.0
1.1
1.6
224.533
231.120
222.188
218.608
209.344
214.821
126.810
107.610
193.314
194.507
175.697
173.128
411.132
112.462
137.420
380.701
2.9
6.1
7.3
7.8
7.1
11.9
-1.2
-5.8
-11.8
-12.1
-39.7
-40.1
4.2
0.4
-2.4
1.0
0.2
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.8
1.4
-2.7
-0.9
-4.2
-8.3
-8.6
-28.8
-29.1
2.6
1.0
-0.2
0.9
218.529
5.0
1.1
1.6
148.635
145.931
144.033
142.930
-10.1
-10.1
-11.5
-3.0
-10.9
-10.9
-13.0
0.0
-6.1
-6.1
-7.3
0.0
175.501
172.734
-37.2
-38.2
-18.8
-19.2
-28.7
-29.5
201.177
218.238
215.806
674.127
-19.3
-2.2
1.2
-14.4
-1.9
0.3
160.474
-26.7
-15.2
-19.5
0.5
-0.3
-0.2
-0.1
-0.2
-15.5
-15.6
-7.4
223.619
3.6
0.2
1.1
235.027
226.876
5.2
6.1
1.1
1.0
1.4
1.6
CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI-W)
228.294
-0.8
-0.7
-1.4 219.215
-1.2
-1.5
All items
680.018
675.986
All items (1967 = 100)
(1) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.
(2) Index on a December 1982=100 base.
(3) This index series was formerly titled Gas (piped) and electricity.
(4) Index 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-Fort Worth 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-Fort Worth and for the evennumbered months for Houston.
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