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, July 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
12121212Jul.
Jul.
month month month
month month month
2015
2015
238.654
0.2
0.0
0.4 218.676
-0.4
0.1
246.558
247.003
241.993
255.905
239.092
239.085
279.559
286.090
1.6
1.6
0.9
2.7
1.1
2.0
3.1
3.6
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.2
-0.3
0.8
0.7
0.6
247.956
242.552
217.495
281.927
320.019
200.056
214.699
223.931
0.9
0.9
-0.6
2.8
1.1
2.1
3.9
4.6
286.220
3.0
0.3
0.6
229.696
286.183
234.137
199.142
203.674
216.406
162.733
122.670
122.607
207.218
202.049
244.584
243.736
446.773
116.355
137.600
415.359
3.0
-2.9
-5.0
-3.7
-0.7
-14.2
-0.4
-1.6
-6.6
-6.9
-22.3
-22.3
2.5
0.4
0.1
1.7
0.3
-0.4
-0.7
-0.6
-0.5
-0.9
-0.4
-1.9
-0.4
0.0
-0.2
-0.2
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.6
2.4
2.9
3.3
4.2
0.1
-0.4
-3.5
0.4
0.8
2.3
2.3
-0.1
0.1
0.1
0.6
219.852
225.318
242.436
714.902
-14.8
-1.2
1.8
-0.5
-0.2
0.0
2.6
0.2
0.1
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria
Percent change
Index
1212Jul.
month month month
2015
0.6
0.5
-0.4
-0.4
-1.0
0.4
-1.0
1.0
0.5
0.9
3.7
0.6
0.8
223.785
5.4
0.4
0.7
229.696
231.923
221.598
218.059
213.324
187.973
124.852
106.992
205.342
208.044
235.179
234.513
412.078
113.474
137.793
385.228
3.7
-2.4
-4.5
-4.3
-1.9
-17.5
-4.0
-2.5
-9.1
-9.1
-26.4
-26.3
4.5
2.0
-1.0
2.5
0.6
0.8
4.2
5.3
5.4
2.9
25.7
0.0
-4.1
-1.3
-0.6
-1.0
-0.9
0.0
0.9
1.4
-0.1
223.785
5.4
0.4
0.7
137.200
134.718
132.773
132.839
-19.0
-19.0
-20.1
-13.9
-0.5
-0.5
-0.6
0.0
1.2
1.3
1.5
0.0
226.619
227.797
-26.4
-26.3
-0.1
-0.1
3.9
4.2
229.716
221.274
217.967
685.976
-16.8
-2.1
1.6
2.1
-0.1
0.0
179.158
-23.6
-0.3
2.8
-1.3
2.7
2.8
0.3
22.8
-5.5
-5.5
-1.5
224.834
2.5
0.7
1.5
242.401
232.827
5.4
6.1
0.8
0.5
1.1
1.1
CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI-W)
233.806
-0.3
0.0
0.4 224.100
-0.9
0.2
All items
696.436
691.051
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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