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, March 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
12121212Mar.
Mar.
month month month
month month month
2016
2016
238.132
0.9
0.4
0.5 218.877
0.6
0.8
247.677
247.978
240.329
260.883
242.230
241.485
285.196
293.489
0.8
0.8
-0.5
2.7
1.2
2.1
3.2
3.7
-0.3
-0.3
-0.7
0.2
-0.1
0.2
0.3
0.2
-0.2
-0.3
-0.7
0.4
0.3
0.4
0.6
0.5
249.669
244.392
217.788
285.666
318.366
201.544
220.225
231.213
0.2
0.3
-1.2
2.1
-2.6
2.0
3.8
5.0
292.080
3.1
0.2
0.4
236.609
292.039
223.918
186.198
191.203
202.487
154.822
122.389
127.427
191.257
185.706
171.050
170.356
458.620
117.071
139.279
420.632
3.1
-2.6
-4.5
-3.3
-1.7
-9.2
-0.3
-0.6
-4.1
-4.4
-21.1
-20.9
3.3
1.1
1.2
2.0
0.2
-0.1
-0.2
-0.2
0.0
-0.7
-0.1
1.5
2.1
2.2
10.1
10.2
0.1
0.4
0.0
0.2
0.4
-0.3
-0.5
-0.5
-0.3
-1.1
0.0
4.6
0.6
0.5
-0.8
-0.7
1.0
0.9
-0.1
0.4
179.017
222.363
246.358
713.339
-12.6
-0.3
2.2
4.0
0.5
0.3
-0.6
0.5
0.7
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria
Percent change
Index
1212Mar.
month month month
2016
0.4
0.3
-0.4
-0.3
-0.5
0.0
-1.4
0.0
0.4
0.5
4.4
0.5
1.0
230.967
4.8
0.2
0.1
236.609
210.681
191.256
188.194
183.367
168.189
126.194
112.400
193.954
195.614
173.335
172.632
431.261
110.811
142.248
387.268
4.4
-6.0
-9.7
-9.7
-12.0
10.0
-0.1
-6.0
-3.5
-3.5
-16.8
-16.5
4.8
-0.9
3.8
1.7
0.5
1.0
-2.7
-4.1
-4.1
-4.1
-4.3
0.7
9.8
1.7
1.7
7.9
8.1
0.6
1.1
2.1
0.6
230.967
4.8
0.2
0.1
119.409
117.232
115.214
117.385
-15.1
-15.1
-15.8
-11.6
-8.2
-8.3
-9.8
0.0
-10.7
-10.9
-11.6
-6.8
152.695
152.836
-23.3
-23.0
9.5
9.8
0.8
1.1
183.913
219.040
222.744
686.605
-13.1
-0.8
2.1
1.1
1.0
0.9
134.266
-19.9
-0.3
-5.4
-1.1
-3.5
-3.5
-4.1
-0.3
17.2
17.4
5.0
223.443
-0.3
-0.1
-0.7
248.920
242.967
5.1
6.7
0.1
0.7
0.2
0.9
CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI-W)
232.209
0.5
0.5
0.5 223.430
0.6
0.9
All items
691.681
688.984
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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