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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, March 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
Mar.
2025		 12-
month		 1-
month		 2-
month		 Mar.
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month		 1-
month		 2-
month		 Mar.
2025		 12-
month		 1-
month		 2-
month

All items

 319.799 2.4 0.2 0.7 303.017 1.4   -0.4        

Food and beverages

 334.920 2.9 0.4 0.7 336.692 1.4   0.1        

Food

 337.751 3.0 0.4 0.7 332.875 1.5   0.2        

Food at home

 312.815 2.4 0.5 0.6 270.885 -0.1 -1.1 0.0 292.452 0.5 -1.1 -1.0

Cereals and bakery products

 358.450 1.1 0.2 0.7 320.086 -0.5 1.4 0.4 330.354 -3.3 -1.8 -1.3

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 348.179 7.9 1.0 2.7 327.561 2.1 -4.1 -0.7 338.667 8.5 -1.1 2.3

Dairy and related products

 272.244 2.2 1.0 0.1 242.170 6.1 -1.5 -0.5 225.362 -3.3 1.2 -7.3

Fruits and vegetables

 350.379 -0.7 -0.8 -1.5 216.958 -5.6 -1.6 0.9 374.009 -0.1 -2.2 -3.7

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

 226.835 2.4 0.6 0.6 237.630 2.7 1.9 2.0 353.371 -1.5 0.5 -2.9

Other food at home

 275.216 1.1 0.8 0.5 264.854 -1.7 -0.3 -0.9 243.595 -1.8 -1.3 1.3

Food away from home

 378.363 3.8 0.4 0.8 429.613 3.5   0.4        

Alcoholic beverages

 294.847 1.9 0.2 0.7 377.592 -0.3   -1.1        

Housing

 343.512 3.7 0.3 0.8 314.442 3.7   0.9        

Shelter

 411.990 4.0 0.3 0.7 352.743 3.0 0.3 0.4 331.100 1.5 0.4 0.3

Rent of primary residence

 431.798 4.0 0.3 0.5 373.631 2.3 -0.1 0.4 326.760 1.0 0.3 0.6

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)

 423.955 4.4 0.3 0.6 377.355 3.1 0.3 0.5 309.661 1.3 0.3 -0.3

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)

 423.969 4.4 0.3 0.6 377.355 3.1 0.3 0.5 309.661 1.3 0.3 -0.3

Fuels and utilities

 327.077 4.1 0.6 1.4                

Household energy

 273.881 3.8 0.7 1.5                

Energy Services

 278.929 4.2 0.9 1.7                

Electricity

 285.983 2.8 1.0 1.5                

Utility (piped) gas service

 252.218 9.4 0.7 2.5                

Household furnishings & operations

 149.420 0.9 0.0 0.7 146.834 4.9   6.2        

Apparel

 134.082 0.3 1.0 4.4 124.156 3.0   6.2        

Transportation

 270.061 -0.9 -0.4 -0.1 269.335 -2.3   -6.1        

Private transportation

 270.344 -0.6 -0.2 0.2 276.390 -2.4   -6.2        

New and used motor vehicles(3)

 124.857 -0.3 0.1 0.0 126.020 -2.2   0.1        

New vehicles(1)

 178.168 0.0 0.1 0.1 222.996 -0.2   0.2        

Used cars and trucks(1)

 181.932 0.6 0.3 0.4 424.320 -0.6   0.3        

Motor fuel

 277.604 -9.8 -0.9 0.4 262.168 -12.5 0.6 0.0 239.408 -10.6 0.1 1.4

Gasoline (all types)

 276.558 -9.8 -0.9 0.4 260.163 -12.4 0.7 0.1 239.424 -10.5 0.1 1.5

Motor vehicle insurance(1)

 890.353 7.5 -0.6 0.3                

Medical care

 574.739 2.6 0.2 0.5 510.830 -0.7   -0.6        

Recreation(3)

 140.740 1.9 0.0 0.5 135.904 0.4   0.2        

Education and communication(3)

 146.621 0.5 0.1 0.4 131.959 -3.5   0.5        

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)

 882.237 3.7 0.2 0.3 1,492.600 3.0   0.0        

Other goods and services

 574.766 3.8 1.0 1.9 525.601 0.9   -0.4        

SPECIAL INDEXES (CPI-U)

Energy

 275.734 -3.3 0.0 1.0 299.754 -1.2 -0.3 -0.1 197.324 -6.4 0.0 0.7

All items less shelter

 287.234 1.5 0.2 0.7 279.928 0.5   -0.9        

All items less food and energy

 325.933 2.8 0.2 0.6 305.378 1.6   -0.6        

All items (1967 = 100)

 957.974       950.547              

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

All items

 313.250 2.2 0.3 0.7 312.076 1.1   -0.5        

All items (1967 = 100)

 933.077       962.337              

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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