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 2014
(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
2014
2014
236.151
1.3
-0.5
-0.8 217.188
0.8
-1.0
244.902
245.192
241.576
251.987
239.551
234.315
273.233
280.123
3.1
3.2
3.4
2.9
1.7
2.6
3.0
3.5
0.1
0.0
-0.2
0.4
0.6
-0.1
0.2
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.0
0.6
0.7
-0.2
0.4
0.8
249.432
244.140
222.199
278.115
318.950
195.129
207.262
216.735
2.6
2.8
3.1
2.4
-1.9
2.6
2.9
4.9
280.840
2.7
0.3
0.6
222.964
280.811
229.680
195.703
197.459
202.889
178.558
122.694
129.023
206.874
201.505
252.897
251.172
438.445
115.026
137.708
409.825
2.7
2.7
2.3
2.9
2.8
3.2
-0.8
-0.3
-2.8
-2.8
-10.5
-10.5
2.5
-0.3
0.6
1.7
0.3
-1.1
-1.5
-1.5
-1.8
-0.4
-0.4
-2.2
-2.7
-3.0
-8.8
-8.9
0.3
-0.3
-0.2
-0.1
0.6
-3.6
-4.9
-5.0
-5.7
-2.6
0.1
-1.0
-4.4
-4.9
-14.5
-14.6
0.4
-0.2
-0.6
0.2
221.844
224.294
239.248
707.402
-4.8
0.5
1.7
-5.5
-0.9
-0.1
-10.2
-1.3
0.2
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria
Percent change
Index
1212Nov.
month month month
2014
0.1
0.3
0.1
0.1
-0.5
1.1
0.2
-0.4
0.2
0.7
2.6
0.3
0.4
215.069
3.5
0.5
0.6
222.964
229.666
220.844
216.896
206.378
220.888
128.014
112.281
210.720
212.746
246.647
244.092
400.872
111.302
137.720
377.385
2.6
3.1
3.6
3.7
2.2
13.7
0.0
-4.9
-3.2
-2.8
-12.0
-12.1
3.8
0.2
-1.7
0.5
0.3
0.4
-3.9
-5.6
-5.6
-6.1
-2.9
0.7
-4.5
-4.2
-4.4
-16.7
-17.0
2.5
0.1
-1.7
-0.1
215.069
3.5
0.5
0.6
158.285
155.362
155.332
142.967
7.9
8.1
10.5
-2.9
-1.4
-1.4
-1.7
0.0
-2.7
-2.7
-3.3
0.0
246.209
244.924
-8.3
-8.5
-8.7
-9.1
-13.4
-13.9
234.884
222.423
215.218
681.308
-4.8
-0.1
1.1
-11.6
-1.5
0.2
199.374
-2.3
-5.9
-9.4
0.0
-3.8
-3.8
-3.9
-2.8
-9.7
-10.0
-6.9
221.201
1.9
-1.4
-0.3
231.762
223.405
4.0
4.7
0.3
0.8
0.0
0.9
CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI-W)
231.551
1.1
-0.7
-1.1 222.556
0.7
-1.4
All items
689.720
686.290
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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