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, November 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
12121212Nov.
Nov.
month month month
month month month
2015
2015
237.336
0.5
-0.2
-0.3 217.104
0.0
-0.2
247.870
248.306
242.240
258.805
240.512
239.325
281.932
290.322
1.2
1.3
0.3
2.7
0.4
2.1
3.2
3.6
-0.3
-0.3
-0.6
0.2
-0.1
0.0
0.2
0.3
-0.1
-0.1
-0.5
0.4
0.5
-0.1
0.4
0.7
251.370
246.210
222.247
283.639
317.879
199.230
215.773
228.611
0.8
0.8
0.0
2.0
-0.3
2.1
4.1
5.5
289.480
3.1
0.3
0.5
231.153
289.436
224.606
187.674
191.941
202.479
157.750
121.994
127.039
194.404
188.675
191.680
190.701
451.371
115.763
139.527
418.351
3.1
-2.2
-4.1
-2.8
-0.2
-11.7
-0.6
-1.5
-6.0
-6.4
-24.2
-24.1
2.9
0.6
1.3
2.1
0.3
-1.0
-1.4
-1.4
-1.5
-1.0
-0.3
-1.9
-0.7
-0.9
-4.2
-4.2
0.3
-0.3
0.1
0.1
0.5
-3.4
-4.5
-4.8
-5.4
-2.1
-0.3
-1.2
-1.6
-2.1
-7.9
-8.0
0.9
-0.2
0.3
0.5
189.267
222.526
244.075
710.952
-14.7
-0.8
2.0
-2.7
-0.4
0.0
-6.1
-0.6
0.3
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria
Percent change
Index
1212Nov.
month month month
2015
0.4
0.4
1.1
1.2
1.9
0.3
-1.0
-0.1
0.4
0.8
3.7
0.2
0.6
228.328
6.2
0.6
1.2
231.153
218.996
202.956
199.752
191.505
195.019
125.402
110.391
193.068
195.203
180.201
178.914
418.677
111.323
140.750
387.069
3.7
-4.6
-8.1
-7.9
-7.2
-11.7
-2.0
-1.7
-8.4
-8.2
-26.9
-26.7
4.4
0.0
2.2
2.6
0.2
0.6
-3.2
-5.0
-5.0
-6.4
3.4
1.1
-1.8
-1.7
-1.7
-5.6
-5.7
0.1
-1.4
1.5
0.4
228.328
6.2
0.6
1.2
128.775
126.414
124.291
126.027
-18.6
-18.6
-20.0
-11.8
-4.7
-4.8
-5.8
0.0
-5.5
-5.6
-6.8
0.0
171.708
171.603
-30.3
-29.9
-4.5
-4.7
-11.2
-11.5
193.324
218.520
219.238
681.042
-17.7
-1.8
1.9
-5.3
-0.4
0.1
148.471
-25.5
-4.6
-8.7
0.4
-4.3
-4.4
-4.8
-1.9
-4.8
-4.9
-4.5
225.836
2.1
0.8
0.1
246.394
239.355
6.3
7.1
0.3
0.3
1.0
1.2
CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI-W)
231.721
0.1
-0.3
-0.4 221.898
-0.3
-0.1
All items
690.227
684.260
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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