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, December 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
1212Dec.
month month month
2015
236.525
0.7
-0.3
-0.6
247.468
247.903
241.375
259.097
240.128
239.514
282.394
291.204
0.8
0.8
-0.4
2.6
0.5
2.1
3.2
3.7
-0.2
-0.2
-0.4
0.1
-0.2
0.1
0.2
0.3
-0.4
-0.5
-1.0
0.3
-0.2
0.0
0.3
0.6
290.133
3.1
0.2
290.089
223.521
186.361
190.918
201.787
155.746
122.100
122.792
191.528
186.117
180.452
179.496
451.072
115.625
139.388
418.298
3.1
-3.3
-5.4
-4.3
-1.2
-14.9
-0.1
-0.9
-4.1
-4.4
-19.9
-19.7
2.6
0.7
1.4
1.9
183.378
221.203
243.779
708.524
-12.6
-0.5
2.1
Index
Dec.
2015
Dallas-Fort Worth
Percent change
1212month month month
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria
Percent change
Index
1212Dec.
month month month
2015
212.936
0.4
-0.8
220.312
-0.8
-0.9
-0.5
216.219
229.751
4.0
5.8
0.2
0.5
0.6
0.9
225.265
225.223
225.620
220.377
215.618
206.035
246.632
239.289
0.5
231.649
3.4
0.2
0.4
228.923
0.2
-0.5
-0.7
-0.5
-0.3
-1.3
0.1
-3.3
-1.5
-1.4
-5.9
-5.9
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.5
-1.4
-2.1
-1.9
-1.9
-2.3
-0.3
-5.1
-2.2
-2.3
-9.8
-9.8
0.2
-0.4
0.0
0.1
231.649
3.4
0.2
0.4
202.197
199.043
191.505
190.362
-9.3
-9.1
-8.7
-11.6
-0.4
-0.4
0.0
-2.4
-4.7
-4.7
-4.8
-4.2
173.229
172.156
-16.7
-16.1
-3.9
-3.8
-8.5
-8.5
-3.1
-0.6
-0.1
-5.7
-1.0
-0.1
189.547
-12.7
-2.0
-6.4
1.5
1.5
1.1
2.1
0.6
3.4
6.1
6.5
0.1
0.0
0.4
0.5
0.7
0.1
-1.1
0.5
0.4
0.3
5.9
0.3
0.8
228.923
151.864
131.333
128.985
127.378
126.007
129.144
169.216
169.190
167.498
161.669
161.391
446.557
101.154
125.032
389.155
5.9
-15.4
-21.3
-21.3
-23.0
-11.9
6.3
-8.0
-4.4
-4.5
-25.2
-24.5
2.4
-4.5
0.8
0.9
0.3
0.8
-1.9
-2.8
-2.9
-3.5
0.0
3.0
-10.7
-2.2
-2.1
-10.1
-10.3
-0.2
-0.7
-0.9
-1.4
144.962
200.290
221.970
682.962
-23.4
-2.0
2.7
-0.1
2.0
2.0
2.5
0.0
-5.8
-6.0
-2.4
-6.9
-1.3
-0.5
CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI-W)
230.791
0.4
-0.4
-0.7
208.519
0.0
-0.8
All items
687.456
665.500
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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