Southwest - Consumer Prices

 

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, all items, in the U.S., South, and selected metropolitan areas
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Area

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data		 Annual
average
2012		 Mar
2013		 Apr
2013		 Percent change
Annual
average
2011 to
2012		 12 months
ended
Mar
2013		 Apr
2013

U.S. City Average
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 229.594 232.773 232.531 2.1 1.5 1.1

South (1)

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 223.242 226.628 226.202 2.1 1.5 0.9

South City Size Class (population)

  

A (over 1.5 million)
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 224.162 227.480 227.331 2.0 1.4 1.0

B/C (50,000-1.5 million) (2)

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 142.068 144.293 143.935 2.1 1.6 0.9

D (less than 50,000)
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 229.414 232.587 231.767 2.7 1.1 0.4
 

Metropolitan areas

  

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (3)

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 212.227 216.465   2.1 1.8  

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX (3)

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 204.213   207.506 1.9   0.7

Footnotes
(1) The South region includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
(2) December 1996=100.
(3) Published in alternate months.

SOURCE: Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.
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