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, January 2016
(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
12121212Jan.
Jan.
month month month
month month month
2016
2016
236.916
1.4
0.2
-0.2 217.164
1.1
0.0
248.241
248.631
242.017
259.958
241.535
240.424
283.498
292.004
0.9
0.8
-0.5
2.7
1.2
2.1
3.2
3.7
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.6
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.1
0.1
-0.1
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.6
250.567
245.023
218.848
285.730
323.050
201.464
219.360
230.106
0.3
0.2
-1.9
2.9
1.5
2.5
4.8
5.4
290.884
3.2
0.3
0.5
234.329
290.842
224.537
187.209
192.148
203.169
156.513
122.348
121.878
190.162
184.734
172.378
171.574
454.175
116.062
139.481
419.074
3.2
-3.3
-5.5
-4.7
-2.4
-12.7
0.0
-0.5
-0.4
-0.4
-7.7
-7.3
3.0
0.7
1.4
1.6
0.3
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.5
0.2
-0.7
-0.7
-0.7
-4.5
-4.4
0.7
0.4
0.1
0.2
0.5
0.0
-0.2
0.1
0.3
-0.8
0.3
-4.1
-2.2
-2.1
-10.1
-10.0
0.6
0.3
0.0
0.2
180.171
221.321
244.528
709.695
-6.5
0.5
2.2
-1.7
0.1
0.3
-4.8
-0.5
0.2
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria
Percent change
Index
1212Jan.
month month month
2016
1.5
0.2
-0.3
-0.5
-1.5
0.7
1.6
1.1
1.7
0.7
4.4
1.2
1.4
230.635
5.5
0.7
1.0
234.329
216.447
199.441
196.294
191.214
175.655
125.373
102.407
190.804
192.431
160.579
159.680
428.476
109.561
139.350
384.990
4.4
-6.3
-10.2
-10.2
-8.7
-18.2
-1.1
-4.8
-1.3
-1.1
-8.6
-7.8
4.2
-2.6
1.4
1.1
1.2
1.4
-1.2
-1.7
-1.7
-0.2
-9.9
0.0
-7.2
-1.2
-1.4
-10.9
-10.8
2.3
-1.6
-1.0
-0.5
230.635
5.5
0.7
1.0
133.746
131.504
130.345
126.002
-10.0
-9.9
-9.5
-11.8
1.8
2.0
2.3
0.0
3.9
4.0
4.9
0.0
151.469
151.229
-13.7
-12.4
-6.3
-6.3
-11.8
-11.9
181.945
216.914
220.677
681.232
-9.6
-0.6
2.3
-5.9
-0.7
0.7
141.933
-11.6
-2.1
-4.4
-0.7
-1.4
-1.4
-0.2
-7.7
-7.3
-7.2
-4.0
225.074
0.7
-0.2
-0.3
248.510
240.843
5.7
6.2
0.8
0.6
0.9
0.6
CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI-W)
231.061
1.2
0.1
-0.3 221.540
1.1
-0.2
All items
688.259
683.156
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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