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Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators

 

CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. City Average, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, and Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, September 2024 (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted) (PDF format: not updated until mid-morning on release day)
Item and group U.S. City Average
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land
Index Percent change
Index Percent change
Index Percent change
Sep.
2024
12-
month
1-
month
2-
month
Sep.
2024
12-
month
1-
month
2-
month
Sep.
2024
12-
month
1-
month
2-
month

All items

315.301 2.4 0.2 0.2 298.653 2.6   -0.4        

Food and beverages

329.417 2.2 0.4 0.4 337.195 2.6   1.0        

Food

332.083 2.3 0.4 0.5 333.179 2.8   1.1        

Food at home

307.767 1.3 0.4 0.4 273.869 2.0 0.9 0.7 292.560 1.5 0.8 0.8

Cereals and bakery products

356.088 0.1 0.1 -0.1 319.425 -1.0 0.0 2.2 343.354 -1.9 0.4 0.0

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

332.525 3.9 1.0 1.7 335.928 6.5 3.8 3.2 320.305 3.2 2.2 2.3

Dairy and related products

269.643 0.5 0.1 0.4 244.512 5.2 0.6 -0.4 225.415 -1.7 -1.9 -0.2

Fruits and vegetables

353.508 0.7 1.1 0.7 228.137 -0.4 -0.5 0.2 383.782 10.3 3.9 3.0

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

219.488 1.3 0.0 -0.3 234.881 0.5 -1.0 0.6 358.925 1.8 -0.6 -0.5

Other food at home

272.658 0.4 0.0 -0.4 263.008 0.5 0.6 -1.4 244.053 -5.1 -1.7 -1.3

Food away from home

371.604 3.9 0.3 0.6 424.896 3.9   1.7        

Alcoholic beverages

291.683 1.5 0.1 0.2 381.625 -0.6   -0.2        

Housing

336.776 4.1 0.3 0.5 306.750 4.8   0.0        

Shelter

404.133 4.9 0.2 0.6 346.626 5.0 -0.3 0.0 331.132 3.0 0.2 1.0

Rent of primary residence

423.821 4.8 0.4 0.8 371.323 5.1 0.0 0.2 326.841 2.9 0.1 0.4

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)

415.601 5.2 0.4 0.9 371.257 5.2 -0.1 0.1 309.316 2.7 0.2 1.0

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)

415.626 5.2 0.4 0.9 371.257 5.2 -0.1 0.1 309.316 2.7 0.2 1.0

Fuels and utilities

316.243 3.0 0.4 -0.1 333.934 8.2   -2.1        

Household energy

264.362 2.5 0.3 -0.5 311.502 9.9 -2.8 -2.8 168.587 3.5 3.6 -0.6

Energy Services

269.593 3.4 0.4 -0.4 308.425 10.3 -2.8 -2.9 165.426 3.6 3.7 -0.6

Electricity

282.522 3.7 0.4 -0.3 287.695 9.3 -3.6 -3.7 158.509 3.4 4.5 -0.5

Utility (piped) gas service

225.366 2.0 0.5 -0.5 334.391 14.8 1.3 1.5 179.888 3.4 0.0 -1.3

Household furnishings & operations

147.906 -0.5 0.4 0.1 138.970 -0.4   1.6        

Apparel

135.537 1.8 2.9 4.7 128.414 5.1   8.7        

Transportation

269.604 -1.1 -0.7 -1.4 263.001 -2.3   -3.9        

Private transportation

269.771 -1.1 -0.9 -1.5 269.819 -2.4   -4.7        

New and used motor vehicles(3)

124.187 -2.4 0.0 -0.4 125.784 -4.7   -0.7        

New vehicles(1)

177.435 -1.3 -0.1 -0.2 221.316 -2.8   -0.5        

Used cars and trucks(1)

178.072 -5.1 -0.1 -0.8 416.087 -6.2   -0.7        

Motor fuel

287.876 -15.5 -5.0 -7.6 264.993 -16.3 -7.4 -11.8 246.717 -16.3 -7.5 -10.1

Gasoline (all types)

287.102 -15.3 -5.1 -7.7 263.046 -16.2 -7.4 -11.8 246.888 -16.4 -7.5 -10.1

Motor vehicle insurance(1)

863.292 16.3 1.1 1.4                

Medical care

566.266 3.3 0.3 0.4 506.568 2.1   0.4        

Recreation(3)

137.651 0.7 -0.4 -0.5 130.886 -0.4   -1.4        

Education and communication(3)

146.928 0.9 0.2 0.5 137.524 1.0   -1.5        

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)

878.467 3.6 1.2 2.1                

Other goods and services

562.638 3.5 0.2 0.4 522.384 2.3   -0.2        

SPECIAL INDEXES (CPI-U)

Energy

275.740 -6.8 -2.4 -4.2 290.588 -3.1 -5.0 -7.4 203.569 -7.7 -3.0 -6.3

All items less shelter

284.044 1.1 0.1 0.0 276.399 1.2   -0.6        

All items less food and energy

321.109 3.3 0.3 0.6 300.589 3.1   0.0        

All items (1967 = 100)

944.502       936.856              

CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS
AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI-W)

All items

309.046 2.2 0.1 0.2 307.954 2.3   -0.7        

All items (1967 = 100)

920.555       949.627              

Footnotes
(1) For Dallas, indexes on a February 1978=100 base. For Houston, indexes on an April 1978=100 base.
(2) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
(3) Indexes 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 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 and for the even-numbered months for Houston.

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