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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, January 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
Jan.
2025
12-
month
1-
month
2-
month
Jan.
2025
12-
month
1-
month
2-
month
Jan.
2025
12-
month
1-
month
2-
month

All items

317.671 3.0 0.7 0.7 304.320 2.8   1.7        

Food and beverages

332.696 2.4 0.6 0.7 336.436 1.7   0.6        

Food

335.517 2.5 0.6 0.8 332.351 1.8   0.6        

Food at home

310.936 1.9 0.8 1.0 270.913 0.1 0.7 1.0 295.538 1.1 1.5 2.1

Cereals and bakery products

355.964 0.4 -0.2 0.4 318.860 -0.7 0.9 1.2 334.644 -7.4 -1.9 0.8

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

339.169 6.1 1.7 2.2 329.730 5.0 0.8 2.7 331.175 7.0 1.8 3.9

Dairy and related products

272.038 1.2 0.3 0.5 243.406 5.6 -0.2 0.2 243.094 2.0 4.4 5.5

Fruits and vegetables

355.837 0.3 0.6 0.3 214.923 -9.4 -0.7 -0.6 388.249 4.5 5.9 3.8

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

225.510 2.2 2.2 1.7 232.964 -0.8 3.7 -0.8 363.947 3.1 3.2 2.4

Other food at home

273.796 0.8 0.5 0.7 267.359 0.9 0.5 1.7 240.426 -4.0 -1.4 -1.1

Food away from home

375.532 3.4 0.2 0.5 428.058 3.7   0.2        

Alcoholic beverages

292.771 1.4 0.3 0.0 381.778 0.5   0.0        

Housing

340.875 3.9 0.6 0.8 311.701 3.8   0.8        

Shelter

409.153 4.4 0.5 0.7 351.438 4.1 0.4 1.0 330.004 1.4 0.4 -0.6

Rent of primary residence

429.506 4.2 0.3 0.7 372.293 3.2 0.2 0.4 324.878 0.6 -0.4 -0.6

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)

421.485 4.6 0.3 0.7 375.502 4.0 0.1 0.8 310.539 1.3 0.1 -0.2

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)

421.502 4.6 0.3 0.7 375.502 4.0 0.1 0.8 310.539 1.3 0.1 -0.2

Fuels and utilities

322.407 2.9 1.6 2.3                

Household energy

269.742 2.3 2.0 2.8                

Energy Services

274.264 2.5 1.8 2.6                

Electricity

281.888 1.9 1.9 2.2                

Utility (piped) gas service

246.117 4.9 1.6 4.2                

Household furnishings & operations

148.308 0.4 0.5 0.4 138.285 -0.9   -0.5        

Apparel

128.464 0.4 0.9 -0.8 116.894 -1.1   0.0        

Transportation

270.384 3.2 1.0 0.7 286.758 5.4   7.8        

Private transportation

269.887 3.1 1.1 0.9 294.596 5.4   8.4        

New and used motor vehicles(3)

124.878 0.7 0.4 0.3 125.955 -1.3   0.5        

New vehicles(1)

178.008 -0.3 0.3 0.3 222.593 -0.8   0.4        

Used cars and trucks(1)

181.265 1.0 0.5 0.7 422.946 -0.3   0.9        

Motor fuel

276.532 -0.4 1.8 0.7 262.086 0.2 4.0 3.6 236.111 -0.8 2.6 1.6

Gasoline (all types)

275.527 -0.2 1.8 0.7 259.804 0.2 4.0 3.5 235.966 -0.6 2.5 1.5

Motor vehicle insurance(1)

887.651 11.8 2.2 2.5                

Medical care

571.899 2.6 0.5 0.5 513.945 1.1   0.9        

Recreation(3)

140.059 1.6 1.2 1.2 135.669 -0.4   2.4        

Education and communication(3)

146.082 0.5 0.3 0.2 131.325 -2.6   -1.9        

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)

879.628 3.6 0.1 0.0 1,492.039 -0.1            

Other goods and services

564.223 2.4 -0.1 -0.4 527.710 1.6   1.5        

SPECIAL INDEXES (CPI-U)

Energy

273.045 1.0 1.9 1.8 300.028 4.3 2.0 2.1 195.932 -1.2 2.8 1.2

All items less shelter

285.360 2.2 0.8 0.7 282.446 2.0   2.2        

All items less food and energy

323.842 3.3 0.6 0.6 307.070 2.8   1.9        

All items (1967 = 100)

951.601       954.636              

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

All items

311.172 3.0 0.7 0.7 313.584 2.5   1.8        

All items (1967 = 100)

926.886       966.989              

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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