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, May 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
12121212May
May
month month month
month month month
2015
2015
237.805
0.0
0.5
0.7 218.484
-0.5
0.5
245.846
246.187
241.019
255.322
239.800
237.175
277.563
284.245
1.6
1.6
0.6
3.0
1.2
1.9
2.9
3.5
0.0
0.0
-0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
-0.2
0.5
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.4
249.029
243.509
219.630
280.837
323.310
198.139
213.661
221.966
1.1
1.2
0.3
2.5
-0.9
1.8
4.0
4.6
284.473
2.8
0.2
0.4
227.777
284.442
228.748
193.538
197.083
207.683
162.639
123.207
127.083
206.386
200.528
239.141
238.170
447.213
116.190
137.400
412.841
2.8
-2.4
-4.5
-3.3
0.5
-15.4
-0.1
-1.5
-7.6
-7.9
-25.0
-25.0
2.8
0.1
0.1
1.4
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.7
-1.3
-0.2
-1.2
3.1
2.9
10.4
10.5
0.1
0.1
-0.2
0.1
0.4
-0.5
-0.7
-0.3
0.9
-4.7
0.3
-0.9
3.5
3.2
10.4
10.5
0.7
0.3
-0.1
0.1
214.330
224.911
242.119
712.357
-16.3
-1.4
1.7
5.2
0.7
0.1
4.7
0.9
0.4
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria
Percent change
Index
1212May
month month month
2015
0.4
0.3
-0.1
0.0
-0.4
0.4
-1.1
0.3
0.7
0.8
3.2
0.3
0.5
222.324
5.5
0.4
0.9
227.777
222.581
210.417
206.872
207.301
149.600
124.893
111.535
207.953
209.345
237.502
236.642
411.996
112.492
135.855
385.644
3.2
-5.3
-8.0
-7.8
-3.0
-34.0
-2.2
-2.5
-8.5
-8.6
-25.8
-25.7
5.8
-0.9
-2.2
2.3
0.3
0.5
-0.7
-0.7
-0.7
-0.5
-2.2
-1.2
-6.8
3.4
3.2
14.0
14.4
0.1
0.6
-0.9
1.3
222.324
5.5
0.4
0.9
135.580
133.044
130.760
132.867
-22.7
-22.8
-24.5
-13.8
-0.7
-0.7
-0.5
-1.7
-3.6
-3.7
-4.5
0.0
218.061
218.716
-29.0
-29.0
8.1
8.6
9.5
10.2
225.007
221.457
218.065
685.373
-18.0
-2.3
1.6
6.3
0.3
-0.1
174.218
-26.6
4.4
3.9
-0.2
-0.7
-0.7
-0.2
-4.2
8.7
8.8
3.9
221.460
0.5
-1.1
-1.1
239.866
230.234
5.1
5.7
0.6
0.5
1.3
1.1
CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI-W)
232.908
-0.6
0.6
0.8 223.682
-1.0
0.7
All items
693.763
689.762
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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