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, February 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
Percent change
Index
1212Feb.
month month month
2016
237.111
1.0
0.1
0.2
248.459
248.800
242.062
260.319
242.437
241.015
284.435
292.777
0.9
0.9
-0.3
2.6
1.3
2.1
3.3
3.7
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.4
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.5
1.0
0.6
0.7
0.5
291.505
3.2
0.2
291.463
224.063
186.518
191.532
202.528
155.981
122.482
125.567
187.345
181.626
155.361
154.564
458.295
116.631
139.236
419.627
3.2
-3.4
-5.5
-4.6
-3.0
-10.3
-0.1
0.9
-3.4
-3.7
-20.8
-20.7
3.5
0.9
1.2
1.9
172.061
221.229
245.680
710.278
-12.5
-0.1
2.3
Index
Feb.
2016
Dallas-Fort Worth
Percent change
1212month month month
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria
Percent change
Index
1212Feb.
month month month
2016
214.505
2.0
0.7
220.145
-1.5
0.6
-0.1
219.343
230.432
4.4
5.1
0.0
0.1
1.4
0.3
224.627
224.300
223.653
220.716
219.256
208.584
248.732
241.388
0.5
235.486
4.4
0.5
1.7
230.610
0.2
-0.2
-0.4
-0.3
-0.3
-0.3
0.1
3.0
-1.5
-1.7
-9.9
-9.9
0.9
0.5
-0.2
0.1
0.5
0.2
0.1
0.3
0.4
0.2
0.3
2.3
-2.2
-2.4
-13.9
-13.9
1.6
0.9
-0.1
0.3
235.486
4.4
0.5
1.7
198.252
195.115
191.214
168.710
-9.1
-9.1
-8.7
-10.4
-0.6
-0.6
0.0
-4.0
-2.0
-2.0
-0.2
-11.4
147.890
147.005
-25.3
-25.1
-7.9
-7.9
-14.6
-14.6
-4.5
0.0
0.5
-6.2
0.0
0.8
175.140
-16.5
-3.7
-7.6
0.8
0.7
0.1
1.4
2.5
5.2
5.6
6.2
0.1
0.2
-0.3
-0.4
-0.9
0.2
1.7
1.2
0.9
0.9
5.5
0.0
0.7
230.610
150.545
130.081
127.855
127.720
117.416
136.536
181.891
166.973
163.732
139.436
139.140
455.213
102.851
125.123
390.389
5.5
-6.1
-8.4
-8.3
-7.7
-11.6
13.8
2.0
-2.6
-3.4
-23.5
-23.0
2.4
0.8
0.5
0.5
0.0
0.7
-0.9
-1.0
-0.9
0.3
-6.8
5.7
7.5
-1.3
-2.2
-13.8
-13.8
1.9
1.7
0.1
0.3
134.637
201.653
225.372
687.994
-16.0
0.5
3.9
-0.6
-2.7
-2.8
-2.0
-6.8
-7.9
-8.0
-5.1
-7.1
0.7
1.5
CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI-W)
230.972
0.7
0.0
0.1
209.049
1.3
0.3
All items
687.995
667.191
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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