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, April 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
1212Apr.
month month month
2015
236.599
-0.2
0.2
0.8
245.746
246.121
241.305
254.727
239.237
236.777
276.978
283.598
1.9
2.0
1.3
2.9
1.1
2.2
3.0
3.5
0.0
0.0
-0.1
0.2
-0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
-0.2
-0.2
-0.7
0.4
0.0
0.3
0.6
0.4
283.920
2.8
0.2
283.891
228.304
193.157
196.502
206.179
164.839
123.451
128.593
200.245
194.906
216.595
215.461
446.663
116.045
137.707
412.231
2.8
-1.0
-2.6
-1.2
3.8
-16.3
0.0
-0.8
-9.8
-10.2
-31.6
-31.7
2.9
0.0
0.3
1.3
203.715
223.446
241.802
708.746
-19.4
-1.7
1.8
Index
Apr.
2015
Dallas-Fort Worth
Percent change
1212month month month
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria
Percent change
Index
1212Apr.
month month month
2015
212.439
-0.4
1.0
220.057
0.5
-0.2
-1.6
212.848
221.199
3.8
4.8
0.3
0.4
1.3
0.9
223.772
223.475
223.936
218.587
218.065
199.794
238.543
229.020
0.5
227.105
3.1
0.2
0.7
221.438
0.2
-0.7
-0.9
-0.6
0.1
-3.4
0.5
0.3
0.4
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.6
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.5
-1.6
-2.1
-2.1
-1.2
-5.3
0.7
3.3
3.2
3.4
10.4
10.6
0.9
0.4
0.1
0.1
227.105
3.1
0.2
0.7
211.818
208.286
207.777
156.114
-3.7
-3.4
2.2
-32.1
0.0
0.0
-0.3
2.1
-2.9
-2.9
-0.7
-17.0
218.439
217.409
-32.9
-33.0
4.9
5.1
10.4
10.8
-0.5
0.2
0.3
3.6
0.9
0.7
216.493
-20.6
2.3
3.2
2.9
3.0
2.6
3.5
1.4
1.9
5.1
6.1
0.7
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.4
1.9
0.8
1.3
0.7
5.2
0.5
1.3
221.438
155.869
136.558
134.034
131.457
135.129
121.066
179.090
176.660
174.739
201.703
201.488
449.718
102.804
124.231
386.884
5.2
-15.1
-20.8
-20.8
-22.3
-13.6
0.7
1.0
-9.4
-9.7
-34.3
-34.7
3.8
-2.4
2.5
2.8
0.5
1.3
-2.8
-3.8
-3.9
-5.0
1.7
0.9
0.4
3.0
3.0
10.7
11.6
1.2
0.8
-0.2
-0.4
166.865
202.576
218.926
681.368
-29.3
-2.6
2.9
0.0
-2.9
-3.0
-4.0
1.7
1.3
1.5
-0.5
4.1
0.9
0.9
CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI-W)
231.520
-0.8
0.2
0.9
208.610
-1.1
1.0
All items
689.626
665.792
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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