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, February 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
Percent change
Index
1212Feb.
month month month
2015
234.722
0.0
0.4
0.0
246.269
246.680
242.906
253.719
239.269
236.016
275.390
282.389
2.8
3.0
2.9
3.1
1.3
2.2
3.0
3.5
0.1
0.1
-0.1
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.4
0.2
0.6
0.7
0.5
282.579
2.7
0.2
282.549
231.912
197.375
200.685
208.696
173.978
122.601
124.457
193.944
188.542
196.272
194.883
442.783
115.593
137.560
411.837
2.7
0.0
-1.4
0.9
3.2
-6.5
-0.8
-0.8
-9.7
-10.2
-32.7
-32.8
2.3
-0.1
0.4
1.5
196.597
221.432
240.083
703.122
-18.8
-1.4
1.7
Index
Feb.
2015
Dallas-Fort Worth
Percent change
1212month month month
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria
Percent change
Index
1212Feb.
month month month
2015
210.283
-0.7
-0.9
223.529
3.0
0.2
0.6
210.130
219.190
3.1
5.5
0.4
0.4
1.1
0.9
222.920
222.838
223.468
217.763
213.993
198.278
235.565
227.375
0.5
225.457
2.7
0.4
0.6
218.562
0.2
-0.2
-0.4
-0.5
0.3
-2.9
0.2
1.6
1.6
1.7
5.1
5.3
0.4
0.3
0.0
-0.2
0.5
0.3
0.1
0.5
2.2
-4.9
0.3
0.4
-2.9
-3.1
-12.8
-12.8
0.7
0.6
0.1
0.3
225.457
2.7
0.4
0.6
218.117
214.558
209.344
188.195
1.6
2.0
2.7
-1.9
-1.8
-1.9
0.0
-12.4
-2.1
-2.0
-0.1
-12.6
197.951
196.194
-33.4
-33.6
12.7
13.3
-4.8
-4.4
2.1
0.5
0.3
-6.3
-0.4
0.5
209.845
-18.1
4.3
-3.4
3.3
3.5
2.8
4.3
0.6
1.0
4.4
5.9
0.2
0.2
0.4
0.5
0.1
0.9
-0.2
-0.5
1.3
1.2
4.7
0.0
1.1
218.562
160.288
141.961
139.423
138.415
132.832
119.958
178.320
171.510
169.571
182.264
180.591
444.381
101.990
124.540
388.287
4.7
-17.0
-22.9
-22.9
-24.5
-13.9
0.5
-1.9
-9.1
-9.2
-35.0
-35.5
3.4
-2.7
3.0
2.8
0.0
1.1
-10.8
-14.9
-14.9
-16.4
-7.1
-1.3
-3.1
-3.1
-3.3
-15.7
-15.5
1.9
-3.8
0.4
0.6
160.300
200.723
217.010
674.452
-30.0
-2.7
2.5
-0.1
-4.5
-4.5
-3.9
-7.1
3.9
4.5
-0.1
-15.3
-1.8
0.4
CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI-W)
229.421
-0.6
0.5
-0.2
206.448
-1.2
-1.0
All items
683.374
658.890
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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