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, September 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
12121212Sep.
Sep.
month month month
month month month
2015
2015
237.945
0.0
-0.2
-0.3 217.507
-0.9
-0.5
248.090
248.632
243.432
257.830
239.287
239.651
280.814
288.306
1.6
1.6
0.8
2.9
0.6
2.1
3.2
3.7
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.5
0.0
0.1
0.3
0.4
0.6
0.7
0.6
0.8
0.1
0.2
0.4
0.8
248.674
243.248
218.096
282.774
321.073
199.335
214.909
226.901
-0.2
-0.2
-2.4
2.7
0.9
1.7
3.9
5.4
287.916
3.1
0.3
0.6
229.795
287.871
232.417
196.580
201.575
214.132
161.189
122.406
128.540
197.593
192.689
208.121
207.239
447.289
116.024
139.092
416.340
3.1
-2.5
-4.5
-3.0
-0.4
-12.1
-0.1
-1.4
-8.7
-9.1
-29.6
-29.6
2.5
0.6
0.4
1.8
0.3
-0.6
-0.8
-0.8
-0.8
-1.0
0.2
3.2
-2.8
-3.0
-10.0
-10.1
0.2
-0.1
0.6
0.2
0.6
-0.7
-1.3
-1.0
-1.1
-0.9
-0.2
4.8
-4.6
-4.6
-14.9
-15.0
0.1
-0.3
1.1
0.2
201.641
223.824
243.359
712.777
-18.4
-1.6
1.9
-5.4
-0.4
0.3
-8.3
-0.7
0.4
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria
Percent change
Index
1212Sep.
month month month
2015
-0.1
0.5
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
-0.4
0.1
1.3
3.4
0.1
0.0
225.654
5.5
0.4
0.8
229.795
226.218
213.617
210.339
204.514
188.660
124.064
112.470
196.453
198.621
190.975
189.760
418.399
112.925
138.663
385.603
3.4
-5.3
-8.7
-8.5
-6.9
-17.1
-2.4
-4.3
-10.6
-10.8
-35.5
-35.5
7.0
1.6
-1.0
2.1
0.1
0.0
-2.5
-3.6
-3.5
-4.1
0.4
-0.6
5.1
-4.3
-4.5
-18.8
-19.1
1.5
-0.5
0.6
0.1
225.654
5.5
0.4
0.8
136.292
133.932
133.293
126.079
-16.3
-16.1
-17.0
-11.8
-1.0
-0.9
-1.1
0.0
-0.7
-0.6
0.4
-5.1
193.308
193.834
-32.0
-31.9
-9.9
-10.0
-14.7
-14.9
204.113
219.488
219.094
682.308
-23.2
-2.8
2.0
-11.1
-0.8
0.5
162.697
-26.1
-6.3
-9.2
-0.7
-0.5
-0.4
-0.4
0.0
-11.9
-12.1
-6.0
225.696
1.7
-0.1
0.4
244.057
236.568
5.3
6.8
0.5
0.9
0.7
1.6
CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI-W)
232.661
-0.6
-0.3
-0.5 222.203
-1.6
-0.8
All items
693.025
685.200
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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