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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 2026 (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.
2026		 12-
month		 1-
month		 2-
month		 Sep.
2026		 12-
month		 1-
month		 2-
month		 Sep.
2026		 12-
month		 1-
month		 2-
month

All items

 336.940 3.7 0.6 0.9 313.240 3.0 - 0.7 - - - -

Food and beverages

 347.662 2.4 0.1 0.2 350.574 3.2 - -0.2 - - - -

Food

 350.905 2.5 0.1 0.2 347.444 3.3 - -0.2 - - - -

Food at home

 321.758 1.8 0.1 0.0 283.369 3.9 1.2 -0.4 304.893 0.9 0.7 0.5

Cereals and bakery products

 369.585 2.1 0.1 -0.1 318.176 -0.7 1.5 -1.7 336.340 -3.6 0.0 -0.3

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 350.696 0.3 -0.2 0.0 342.471 -0.1 -0.3 0.0 344.808 -1.0 1.5 1.7

Dairy and related products

 269.630 -0.7 -0.9 -0.6 247.611 0.6 0.4 0.9 239.343 -1.2 0.1 -1.2

Fruits and vegetables

 371.317 3.7 1.0 0.5 237.808 14.5 4.4 0.2 410.884 5.8 1.2 0.3

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

 240.041 3.8 0.9 1.1 249.163 1.9 1.2 -1.5 368.728 -0.6 -1.9 2.2

Other food at home

 282.638 1.8 -0.3 -0.4 277.277 5.5 0.4 -0.3 251.341 2.8 1.3 -0.4

Food away from home

 398.783 3.5 0.2 0.5 447.372 2.7 - 0.0 - - - -

Alcoholic beverages

 301.738 1.4 0.0 0.1 378.413 1.7 - 0.2 - - - -

Housing

 361.392 3.3 0.3 0.5 317.945 1.7 - 0.3 - - - -

Shelter

 432.092 3.2 0.3 0.6 353.991 1.3 0.6 0.2 334.413 -0.1 0.8 1.0

Rent of primary residence

 450.402 2.8 0.3 0.5 373.970 1.2 0.4 0.5 328.715 -0.5 0.4 0.4

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)

 445.381 3.3 0.4 0.7 379.113 1.3 0.4 0.5 314.527 0.1 1.0 1.0

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)

 445.310 3.3 0.4 0.6 379.113 1.3 0.4 0.5 314.527 0.1 1.0 1.0

Fuels and utilities

 354.210 5.8 0.3 0.1 - - - - - - - -

Household energy

 297.942 6.2 0.3 -0.1 - - - - - - - -

Energy Services

 300.013 4.6 -0.2 -0.9 - - - - - - - -

Electricity

 309.852 4.4 -0.1 -0.6 - - - - - - - -

Utility (piped) gas service

 264.250 5.0 -0.8 -1.8 - - - - - - - -

Household furnishings & operations

 156.418 1.6 0.2 0.1 148.398 2.1 - 1.8 - - - -

Apparel

 140.043 3.4 2.4 4.4 126.834 0.0 - 4.3 - - - -

Transportation

 295.862 7.9 1.7 2.2 289.375 6.6 - 2.1 - - - -

Private transportation

 294.261 7.1 1.7 2.3 296.122 6.3 - 2.2 - - - -

New and used motor vehicles(3)

 126.325 0.0 0.0 -0.1 126.575 0.2 - 0.2 - - - -

New vehicles(1)

 179.859 0.6 0.1 0.2 223.522 0.1 - 0.1 - - - -

Used cars and trucks(1)

 184.395 -1.5 -0.1 -0.1 431.705 -1.1 - 0.4 - - - -

Motor fuel

 386.707 34.9 6.7 9.6 354.113 33.2 4.3 9.3 337.426 39.7 6.6 9.4

Gasoline (all types)

 383.182 34.2 6.5 9.2 351.082 33.1 4.3 9.2 336.034 39.1 6.4 9.2

Motor vehicle insurance

 846.102 -5.0 -0.3 -1.2 - - - - - - - -

Medical care

 593.651 1.5 0.1 0.0 545.358 4.4 - 0.0 - - - -

Recreation(3)

 145.854 2.8 0.5 0.4 137.942 1.4 - 0.6 - - - -

Education and communication(3)

 150.903 2.3 0.4 2.3 133.636 -1.0 - 0.4 - - - -

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(4)

 938.353 3.8 1.2 2.6 96.906 -3.9 - -4.2 - - - -

Other goods and services

 610.165 4.1 0.4 0.5 533.194 -0.2 - 1.0 - - - -

SPECIAL INDEXES (CPI-U)

Energy

 341.573 20.4 3.7 5.1 358.788 17.4 1.5 4.1 245.629 17.3 3.3 5.3

All items less shelter

 303.386 4.0 0.7 1.1 294.042 3.8 - 0.9 - - - -

All items less food and energy

 339.287 2.6 0.4 0.6 310.919 1.7 - 0.5 - - - -

All items (1967 = 100)

 1,009.323       982.617       -      

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

All items

 330.654 3.9 0.7 1.1 324.285 3.3 - 0.7 - - - -

All items (1967 = 100)

 984.917       999.986       -      

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.
(4) For Dallas, index on a December 2024=100 base. For Houston, index on an April 1978=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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