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, June 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
1212Jun.
month month month
2015
238.638
0.1
0.4
0.9
246.245
246.680
241.494
255.846
238.911
238.568
278.461
285.031
1.7
1.8
1.0
3.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
3.5
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
-0.4
0.6
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.4
-0.1
0.8
0.5
0.5
285.436
3.0
0.3
285.400
235.136
200.537
204.843
217.468
164.205
123.127
124.954
208.012
202.021
245.147
244.226
446.271
116.395
137.425
415.022
2.9
-2.2
-4.1
-2.9
0.0
-13.0
-0.3
-1.8
-6.9
-7.2
-23.3
-23.3
2.5
0.3
0.1
1.7
220.861
225.729
242.354
714.855
-15.0
-1.2
1.8
Index
Jun.
2015
Dallas-Fort Worth
Percent change
1212month month month
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria
Percent change
Index
1212Jun.
month month month
2015
213.896
-0.4
0.7
220.331
0.1
0.3
0.1
213.496
222.736
3.5
4.4
-0.1
0.3
0.3
0.7
223.350
223.195
223.329
218.702
215.502
201.293
240.485
231.640
0.5
228.295
3.2
0.2
0.5
222.943
0.3
2.8
3.6
3.9
4.7
1.0
-0.1
-1.7
0.8
0.7
2.5
2.5
-0.2
0.2
0.0
0.5
0.5
3.0
3.8
4.2
5.5
-0.4
-0.3
-2.8
3.9
3.7
13.2
13.4
-0.1
0.3
-0.2
0.7
228.295
3.2
0.2
0.5
215.789
212.204
212.710
153.073
-8.5
-8.3
-3.4
-35.2
2.6
2.6
2.6
2.3
1.9
1.9
2.4
-1.9
248.761
248.249
-23.7
-23.5
4.7
4.9
13.9
14.2
3.0
0.4
0.1
8.4
1.0
0.2
233.271
-17.0
3.7
7.7
1.6
1.7
0.8
2.8
0.4
1.9
4.8
5.8
0.3
0.6
-0.2
-0.1
-0.3
0.1
-1.2
0.8
0.8
1.1
5.3
0.3
0.7
222.943
156.907
137.896
135.355
133.533
132.858
121.568
168.409
182.505
180.135
226.862
227.958
450.545
102.509
124.188
390.923
5.3
-14.8
-20.2
-20.2
-21.5
-13.8
2.6
-7.2
-6.5
-6.4
-26.1
-26.0
4.2
-3.5
1.9
2.5
0.3
0.7
0.7
1.0
1.0
1.6
-1.7
0.4
-6.0
3.3
3.1
12.5
13.1
0.2
-0.3
0.0
1.0
179.632
203.853
219.320
686.042
-23.9
-2.4
2.5
3.1
0.8
1.7
1.7
2.1
0.0
4.0
4.2
7.7
0.6
0.2
CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI-W)
233.804
-0.4
0.4
1.0
210.261
-0.9
0.8
All items
696.431
671.061
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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