U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators
CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. City Average, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, July 2014
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
U.S. City Average
Index
Item and group
All items
Food and beverages
Food
Jul
2014
Dallas-Fort Worth
Percent change
12month
1month
Index
2month
Jul
2014
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria
Percent change
12month
1month
Index
2month
238.250
2.0
0.0
0.1
219.543
1.2
0.0
242.674
2.4
0.3
0.3
245.785
1.3
-0.2
Jul
2014
Percent change
12month
1month
2month
243.034
2.5
0.3
0.3
240.455
1.5
Food at home
239.820
2.7
0.3
0.1
218.711
1.4
Food away from home
249.210
2.4
0.3
0.5
274.150
1.7
0.0
236.387
0.6
-0.1
-0.2
316.672
-1.5
-2.9
234.475
2.7
0.2
0.7
196.035
3.6
271.115
2.9
0.3
0.5
206.614
4.2
0.2
0.5
229.966
4.0
0.2
0.7
Rent of primary residence (1)
276.248
3.3
0.3
0.6
214.180
5.3
0.4
1.0
219.465
4.5
0.2
0.8
Owners' equivalent rent of
residences (1) (2)
277.886
2.7
0.2
0.4
221.579
3.3
0.1
0.4
212.226
3.4
0.3
0.7
277.865
2.7
0.2
0.4
221.579
3.3
0.1
0.4
212.226
3.4
0.3
0.7
241.250
4.5
0.4
2.9
237.536
4.6
209.550
4.8
0.2
3.4
232.048
7.0
-1.6
1.5
169.439
2.4
-1.9
-3.4
211.563
4.7
0.2
3.8
227.807
7.0
-1.6
1.5
166.389
2.4
-1.9
-3.4
Electricity (1)
217.930
4.0
0.2
5.4
217.459
5.1
-1.3
1.7
166.119
4.8
-2.3
-4.1
Utility (piped) gas service (1)
189.659
6.9
0.5
-1.4
227.917
21.2
-3.5
0.5
154.212
-8.5
0.0
0.0
123.216
-1.3
-0.3
-0.1
130.055
-2.0
Apparel
124.645
0.3
-2.1
-3.3
109.699
-5.3
-4.1
Transportation
221.867
0.9
-0.7
-0.7
225.938
-2.7
-0.6
Alcoholic beverages
Housing
Shelter
Owners' equivalent rent of
primary residence (1) (2)
Fuels and utilities
Household energy
Energy services (1) (3)
Household furnishings & operations
Private transportation
0.0
-0.7
-0.1
219.339
1.6
-1.0
-0.5
0.8
1.1
1.8
216.942
0.9
-0.4
-0.3
228.799
-2.7
314.901
1.0
-1.5
-1.2
319.717
-1.5
-1.9
0.0
307.744
0.9
0.3
0.3
313.514
0.8
-1.5
-1.2
318.269
-1.4
-2.0
0.0
309.040
1.2
0.3
0.3
Medical care
435.924
2.6
0.1
0.2
394.319
3.3
1.3
Recreation (4)
115.838
0.4
-0.2
-0.2
111.236
-0.5
-2.0
Education and communication (4)
137.499
1.6
0.2
0.2
139.247
0.3
0.3
Other goods and services
408.483
1.8
0.1
0.3
375.761
1.0
-0.3
234.641
1.5
-0.5
-1.1
Motor fuel
Gasoline (all types)
-0.1
SPECIAL INDEXES (CPI-U)
Energy
257.907
2.6
-0.8
0.8
276.167
1.9
All items less shelter
228.084
1.6
-0.2
0.0
226.121
-0.1
-1.8
-0.2
0.6
All items less food and energy
238.138
1.9
0.0
0.0
214.437
1.2
-0.1
All items (1967 = 100)
713.691
1.1
0.1
688.695
CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS
AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI-W)
All items
234.525
All items (1967 = 100)
698.580
1.9
-0.1
0.1
226.063
697.101
Footnotes
(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 even-numbered months for Houston.
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