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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > CPI Summary

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 2025 (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.
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month		 2-
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month		 2-
month

All items

 324.800 3.0 0.3 0.5 304.221 1.9   0.6        

Food and beverages

 339.443 3.0 0.3 0.7 339.673 0.7   0.1        

Food

 342.405 3.1 0.3 0.7 336.354 1.0   0.0        

Food at home

 316.042 2.7 0.5 0.9 272.856 -0.4 0.7 0.0 302.307 3.3 1.6 1.4

Cereals and bakery products

 361.894 1.6 0.6 0.5 320.344 0.3 1.8 0.4 348.867 1.6 6.7 3.3

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 349.716 5.2 0.6 1.6 342.662 2.0 0.9 1.0 348.292 8.7 1.5 2.2

Dairy and related products

 271.583 0.7 -0.5 -0.4 246.042 0.6 0.6 1.5 242.141 7.4 0.8 0.8

Fruits and vegetables

 358.019 1.3 0.5 1.8 207.607 -9.0 -1.8 -4.2 388.311 1.2 1.0 3.5

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

 231.144 5.3 0.8 1.4 244.610 4.1 3.9 0.0 370.962 3.4 1.6 1.3

Other food at home

 277.710 1.9 0.4 0.3 262.724 -0.1 0.0 0.9 244.580 0.2 -0.1 -1.2

Food away from home

 385.451 3.7 0.1 0.4 435.773 2.6   0.1        

Alcoholic beverages

 297.507 2.0 0.2 0.8 372.132 -2.5   0.4        

Housing

 349.773 3.9 0.1 0.4 312.716 1.9   0.5        

Shelter

 418.598 3.6 0.2 0.6 349.568 0.8 0.6 0.5 334.905 1.1 0.3 0.4

Rent of primary residence

 438.212 3.4 0.3 0.6 369.538 -0.5 0.2 0.5 330.269 1.0 0.3 0.0

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)

 431.245 3.8 0.2 0.6 374.285 0.8 0.1 0.3 314.152 1.6 0.2 0.3

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)

 431.246 3.8 0.2 0.6 374.285 0.8 0.1 0.3 314.152 1.6 0.2 0.3

Fuels and utilities

 334.686 5.8 -0.6 -0.7                

Household energy

 280.642 6.2 -0.8 -1.1                

Energy Services

 286.838 6.4 -0.8 -1.1                

Electricity

 296.887 5.1 -0.6 -0.7                

Utility (piped) gas service

 251.728 11.7 -1.4 -2.4                

Household furnishings & operations

 154.023 4.1 0.6 0.8 145.352 4.6   0.4        

Apparel

 135.424 -0.1 2.6 4.8 126.838 -1.2   3.5        

Transportation

 274.301 1.7 0.1 0.3 271.399 3.2   0.2        

Private transportation

 274.710 1.8 0.0 0.2 278.464 3.2   -0.2        

New and used motor vehicles(3)

 126.275 1.7 -0.4 -0.5 126.325 0.4   -0.1        

New vehicles(1)

 178.770 0.8 0.0 0.1 223.228 0.9   0.1        

Used cars and trucks(1)

 187.121 5.1 -1.0 -0.6 436.298 4.9   -0.3        

Motor fuel

 286.672 -0.4 1.1 1.4 265.854 0.3 -1.2 -1.7 241.539 -2.1 -0.2 -1.3

Gasoline (all types)

 285.595 -0.5 1.1 1.5 263.704 0.3 -1.2 -1.8 241.599 -2.1 -0.2 -1.3

Motor vehicle insurance(1)

 890.473 3.1 -0.4 -0.6                

Medical care

 584.858 3.3 0.2 0.2 522.217 3.1   1.2        

Recreation(3)

 141.827 3.0 0.3 0.2 136.004 3.9   1.3        

Education and communication(3)

 147.501 0.4 0.2 0.5 134.986 -1.8   0.9        

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)

 904.193 2.9 0.8 1.6 1,585.897     4.2        

Other goods and services

 585.873 4.1 0.4 0.6 534.224 2.3   0.6        

SPECIAL INDEXES (CPI-U)

Energy

 283.589 2.8 0.1 0.1 305.688 5.2 0.3 -0.1 209.484 2.9 3.3 2.8

All items less shelter

 291.663 2.7 0.3 0.5 283.172 2.5   0.7        

All items less food and energy

 330.804 3.0 0.3 0.6 305.852 1.8   0.7        

All items (1967 = 100)

 972.957       954.325              

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

All items

 318.139 2.9 0.3 0.6 313.833 1.9   0.7        

All items (1967 = 100)

 947.640       967.757              

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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