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, April 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
1212Apr.
month month month
2016
239.261
1.1
0.5
0.9
Index
Apr.
2016
Dallas-Fort Worth
Percent change
1212month month month
248.095
248.413
240.635
261.517
242.407
241.790
285.836
294.175
1.0
0.9
-0.3
2.7
1.3
2.1
3.2
3.7
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
-0.1
-0.2
-0.6
0.5
0.0
0.3
0.5
0.5
219.375
-0.3
0.7
-0.3
221.322
231.706
4.0
4.8
0.5
0.2
292.855
3.1
0.3
0.5
238.083
4.8
292.815
223.529
185.549
190.495
201.778
154.130
122.012
127.770
195.491
189.744
186.428
185.808
459.994
117.515
139.316
420.977
3.1
-2.1
-3.9
-3.1
-2.1
-6.5
-1.2
-0.6
-2.4
-2.6
-13.9
-13.8
3.0
1.3
1.2
2.1
0.3
-0.2
-0.3
-0.4
-0.4
-0.4
-0.3
0.3
2.2
2.2
9.0
9.1
0.3
0.4
0.0
0.1
0.5
-0.2
-0.5
-0.5
-0.4
-1.2
-0.4
1.8
4.3
4.5
20.0
20.2
0.4
0.8
0.1
0.3
238.083
185.652
223.693
246.992
716.719
-8.9
0.1
2.1
3.7
0.6
0.3
7.9
1.1
0.5
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria
Percent change
Index
1212Apr.
month month month
2016
215.513
1.4
0.5
0.9
0.6
224.928
224.621
223.935
221.077
219.250
207.554
249.574
243.361
0.5
0.5
0.0
1.1
0.5
3.9
4.6
6.3
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.0
-0.5
0.3
0.8
0.6
1.1
231.215
4.4
0.1
0.3
4.8
0.6
1.1
231.215
145.097
122.332
120.140
118.642
117.371
132.049
179.409
172.545
170.502
169.024
169.585
457.132
104.367
125.385
395.776
4.4
-6.9
-10.4
-10.4
-9.7
-13.1
9.1
0.2
-2.3
-2.4
-16.2
-15.8
1.6
1.5
0.9
2.3
0.1
0.3
-3.6
-6.0
-6.0
-7.1
0.0
-3.3
-1.4
3.3
4.1
21.2
21.9
0.4
1.5
0.2
1.4
191.480
188.413
183.367
169.476
-9.6
-9.5
-11.7
8.6
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.8
-3.4
-3.4
-4.1
0.5
181.592
180.869
-16.9
-16.8
4.8
4.8
22.8
23.0
188.056
-13.1
2.3
7.4
142.994
202.732
225.649
691.229
-14.3
0.1
3.1
0.2
2.4
2.5
3.0
0.0
10.7
11.0
6.5
6.2
0.5
0.1
CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI-W)
233.438
0.8
0.5
1.1
210.981
1.1
0.9
All items
695.341
673.356
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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