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, March 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
12121212Mar.
Mar.
month month month
month month month
2015
2015
236.119
-0.1
0.6
1.0 217.487
-0.6
1.2
245.689
246.045
241.588
254.108
239.437
236.435
276.360
283.130
2.3
2.3
1.9
2.9
1.2
1.9
3.0
3.5
-0.2
-0.3
-0.5
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.4
0.3
-0.2
-0.2
-0.6
0.4
0.3
0.4
0.6
0.6
249.256
243.570
220.403
279.670
326.902
197.523
212.118
220.211
1.9
1.8
1.6
2.0
2.6
2.2
3.6
5.2
283.244
2.7
0.2
0.4
226.571
283.216
229.829
194.967
197.727
205.894
170.592
122.803
128.245
199.363
194.270
216.691
215.442
444.020
115.835
137.564
412.402
2.7
-2.3
-4.2
-2.9
0.9
-14.4
-0.6
-0.5
-8.7
-9.1
-29.2
-29.2
2.5
0.1
0.3
1.4
0.2
-0.9
-1.2
-1.5
-1.3
-1.9
0.2
3.0
2.8
3.0
10.4
10.5
0.3
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.4
-1.1
-1.6
-1.9
-1.1
-4.8
0.4
4.7
4.4
4.7
16.0
16.4
0.7
0.5
0.0
0.0
204.731
223.014
241.067
707.306
-18.3
-1.5
1.8
4.1
0.7
0.4
6.3
1.2
0.8
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria
Percent change
Index
1212Mar.
month month month
2015
0.9
0.5
-0.2
-0.4
-1.2
0.7
2.7
0.5
1.4
0.9
3.0
0.5
0.9
220.427
5.2
0.9
0.9
226.571
224.210
211.862
208.345
208.390
152.923
126.361
119.623
201.044
202.776
208.304
206.847
411.537
111.830
137.094
380.736
3.0
-2.2
-3.2
-2.9
2.6
-32.1
-1.2
-0.4
-10.6
-10.7
-33.0
-33.1
6.8
-1.0
-2.6
1.8
0.5
0.9
-3.0
-4.6
-4.7
-0.5
-28.8
-0.4
11.2
4.0
4.3
18.6
19.5
0.1
-0.6
-0.2
0.0
220.427
5.2
0.9
0.9
140.665
138.144
136.882
132.832
-20.1
-20.1
-21.3
-13.9
-0.9
-0.9
-1.1
0.0
-5.4
-5.3
-5.0
-7.1
199.106
198.468
-32.2
-32.6
9.2
9.9
13.5
14.9
211.601
220.698
218.207
682.244
-20.2
-2.2
1.6
5.2
1.1
1.1
167.723
-27.5
4.6
4.5
-1.4
-2.9
-2.9
-0.5
-18.7
5.2
5.4
0.8
224.018
2.4
0.2
0.2
236.892
227.784
4.8
6.0
0.6
0.2
0.8
0.4
CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI-W)
231.055
-0.6
0.7
1.2 222.111
-1.1
1.3
All items
688.243
684.916
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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