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, October 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
1212Oct.
month month month
2015
237.838
0.2
0.0
-0.2
248.575
249.052
243.779
258.363
240.656
239.395
281.499
289.428
1.6
1.6
0.7
2.9
1.1
2.1
3.2
3.7
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.6
-0.1
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.6
0.4
0.7
0.6
0.0
0.5
0.8
288.700
3.1
0.3
288.656
226.784
190.269
194.713
205.604
159.422
122.422
129.446
195.858
190.464
199.996
199.077
450.065
116.100
139.344
417.968
3.1
-2.3
-4.3
-2.9
-0.5
-11.0
-0.6
-1.9
-7.9
-8.3
-27.9
-27.8
3.0
0.6
1.0
1.9
194.501
223.404
243.985
712.458
-17.1
-1.3
1.9
Index
Oct.
2015
Dallas-Fort Worth
Percent change
1212month month month
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria
Percent change
Index
1212Oct.
month month month
2015
214.569
-0.1
0.0
221.415
-0.4
1.5
0.9
214.959
227.806
3.8
5.4
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.9
224.440
224.190
223.992
220.072
217.985
204.995
245.537
238.585
0.6
230.649
3.7
0.4
0.4
227.046
0.3
-2.4
-3.2
-3.4
-4.0
-1.1
0.0
0.7
-0.9
-1.2
-3.9
-3.9
0.6
0.1
0.2
0.4
0.6
-3.0
-4.0
-4.2
-4.7
-2.1
0.2
3.9
-3.7
-4.1
-13.5
-13.6
0.8
0.0
0.8
0.6
230.649
3.7
0.4
0.4
212.089
208.897
201.165
198.734
-7.6
-7.3
-6.4
-12.6
-0.7
-0.7
-1.6
5.3
-1.2
-1.0
-2.1
5.4
189.268
188.136
-30.7
-30.6
-0.9
-0.9
-12.7
-12.9
-3.5
-0.2
0.3
-8.8
-0.5
0.5
202.488
-19.7
-0.8
-6.7
1.2
1.1
-0.2
2.7
2.0
3.6
6.2
7.7
0.6
0.9
-0.2
-0.3
-0.8
0.4
1.2
0.8
1.1
1.8
6.1
0.6
1.0
227.046
154.801
135.116
132.809
131.952
126.052
125.331
189.426
172.983
171.082
179.868
179.983
447.665
101.900
126.138
394.618
6.1
-11.3
-15.8
-15.7
-16.5
-11.8
2.2
-6.4
-7.8
-8.0
-33.3
-33.2
3.1
-4.4
2.3
2.4
0.6
1.0
-1.2
-1.8
-1.8
-2.1
0.0
0.7
4.5
-3.0
-3.3
-16.1
-16.4
-1.0
0.8
0.4
1.1
155.640
202.920
222.991
688.199
-26.5
-2.7
2.9
-0.8
-0.9
-0.8
-1.0
0.0
-7.0
-7.1
-4.3
-10.3
-0.6
1.0
CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI-W)
232.373
-0.4
-0.1
-0.4
210.250
-0.6
-0.3
All items
692.167
671.025
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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