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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, May 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
May
2025
12-
month
1-
month
2-
month
May
2025
12-
month
1-
month
2-
month
May
2025
12-
month
1-
month
2-
month

All items

321.465 2.4 0.2 0.5 303.355 0.6   0.1        

Food and beverages

335.687 2.8 0.2 0.2 338.519 2.2   0.5        

Food

338.598 2.9 0.3 0.3 334.987 2.4   0.6        

Food at home

312.491 2.2 0.2 -0.1 273.168 1.2 -0.6 0.8 294.847 0.9 0.3 0.8

Cereals and bakery products

360.325 1.0 1.2 0.5 314.797 -0.9 -1.3 -1.7 332.740 -4.6 1.9 0.7

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

343.032 6.1 -0.5 -1.5 335.828 5.0 0.8 2.5 337.777 8.4 0.5 -0.3

Dairy and related products

271.348 1.7 -0.1 -0.3 238.452 1.3 -2.1 -1.5 237.293 1.0 -1.2 5.3

Fruits and vegetables

351.335 -0.5 0.6 0.3 219.753 -2.4 -1.8 1.3 380.261 -1.9 1.8 1.7

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

226.252 3.1 -0.7 -0.3 235.438 2.0 -1.7 -0.9 343.437 -2.1 -3.7 -2.8

Other food at home

276.606 1.4 0.5 0.5 269.819 0.5 0.2 1.9 247.003 0.4 0.8 1.4

Food away from home

381.228 3.8 0.3 0.8 431.245 3.9   0.4        

Alcoholic beverages

294.478 1.5 -0.1 -0.1 374.583 -0.3   -0.8        

Housing

345.938 4.0 0.3 0.7 312.996 2.3   -0.5        

Shelter

414.689 3.9 0.3 0.7 351.073 1.6 -0.1 -0.5 332.167 1.3 0.0 0.3

Rent of primary residence

433.698 3.8 0.2 0.4 371.866 1.3 -0.5 -0.5 328.892 1.1 0.1 0.7

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)

426.214 4.2 0.3 0.5 375.084 1.9 0.3 -0.6 311.248 1.4 0.1 0.5

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)

426.224 4.1 0.3 0.5 375.084 1.9 0.3 -0.6 311.248 1.4 0.1 0.5

Fuels and utilities

330.265 6.0 0.6 1.0                

Household energy

276.951 6.2 0.8 1.1                

Energy Services

282.947 6.8 0.8 1.4                

Electricity

290.055 4.5 1.2 1.4                

Utility (piped) gas service

255.981 15.3 -0.2 1.5                

Household furnishings & operations

150.690 2.7 0.1 0.8 143.832 2.5   -2.0        

Apparel

131.223 -0.9 -1.0 -2.1 125.530 6.0   1.1        

Transportation

272.946 -1.3 0.2 1.1 272.317 -2.6   1.1        

Private transportation

272.979 -1.0 0.1 1.0 279.620 -2.2   1.2        

New and used motor vehicles(3)

125.850 0.5 0.3 0.8 126.470 -1.3   0.4        

New vehicles(1)

178.728 0.4 0.0 0.3 223.347 0.4   0.2        

Used cars and trucks(1)

184.224 1.8 0.7 1.3 427.834 0.5   0.8        

Motor fuel

283.403 -11.9 -0.7 2.1 273.322 -11.6 1.3 4.3 241.589 -13.8 -1.6 0.9

Gasoline (all types)

282.614 -12.0 -0.7 2.2 271.536 -11.6 1.4 4.4 241.847 -13.8 -1.6 1.0

Motor vehicle insurance(1)

895.262 7.0 0.3 0.6                

Medical care

578.250 2.5 0.2 0.6 511.678 -3.8   0.2        

Recreation(3)

140.630 1.8 0.0 -0.1 135.991 0.7   0.1        

Education and communication(3)

146.395 0.3 0.0 -0.2 132.501 -5.1   0.4        

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)

884.191 3.5 0.2 0.2 1,492.600 -2.1   0.0        

Other goods and services

578.031 3.8 0.3 0.6 529.486 0.5   0.7        

SPECIAL INDEXES (CPI-U)

Energy

280.097 -3.5 0.1 1.6 306.527 -2.0 0.7 2.3 205.376 -6.7 -0.6 4.1

All items less shelter

288.519 1.5 0.2 0.4 281.201 0.0   0.5        

All items less food and energy

327.509 2.8 0.2 0.5 304.890 0.5   -0.2        

All items (1967 = 100)

962.965       951.608              

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

All items

314.839 2.2 0.2 0.5 312.831 0.4   0.2        

All items (1967 = 100)

937.808       964.666              

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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