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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > Table

Consumer Price Index, Annual Average Historical, 2021-2025

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
Annual Average Percent Change, 2021 - 2025, Not Seasonally Adjusted
U.S. City Average, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, and Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land
Item and group U.S. City Average Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

All items

 4.7 8.0 4.1 2.9 2.6 5.2 8.8 5.2 3.9 1.3 4.3 8.2 3.5 2.5 1.3

Food and beverages

 3.8 9.6 5.7 2.2 2.7 4.3 10.7 7.2 2.5 1.6 3.6 10.2 7.3 2.7 2.7

Food

 3.9 9.9 5.8 2.3 2.8 4.3 11.3 7.4 2.7 1.8 3.7 10.8 7.5 2.7 2.6

Food at home

 3.5 11.4 5.0 1.2 2.2 4.3 14.0 5.0 0.9 0.7 3.4 12.6 7.8 1.1 2.0

Food away from home

 4.5 7.7 7.1 4.1 3.7 4.3 8.2 10.4 4.9 3.3 4.0 9.0 7.3 4.6 3.3

Alcoholic beverages

 2.2 4.2 4.2 1.9 1.7 3.5 3.4 3.9 0.5 -1.3 2.6 2.2 2.4 2.6 5.4

Housing

 3.3 7.2 6.4 4.4 3.7 3.8 9.3 7.1 5.6 2.1 2.9 6.4 4.9 3.1 2.0

Shelter

 2.7 5.9 7.5 5.2 3.6 3.5 8.0 9.1 5.9 1.4 1.1 5.7 8.9 3.6 1.2

Rent of primary residence

 2.2 6.0 8.0 5.1 3.5 3.5 8.9 8.4 5.1 0.8 1.1 6.1 8.8 3.6 1.1

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(1)

 2.6 5.7 7.5 5.5 3.9 3.7 7.0 8.9 5.9 1.5 1.3 5.6 9.1 3.7 1.3

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(1)

 2.6 5.7 7.5 5.5 3.9 3.7 7.0 8.9 5.9 1.5 1.3 5.6 9.1 3.7 1.3

Fuels and utilities

 6.8 14.5 2.4 3.0 5.5 5.5 20.8 -3.4 9.1 - 12.8 9.3 -15.4 4.3 -

Energy services

 7.0 16.1 2.6 2.9 6.1 7.5 28.2 -6.1 11.5 - 14.9 11.3 -20.3 4.6 -

Electricity

 4.3 13.1 5.8 4.2 4.6 4.5 28.9 -5.7 10.7 - 15.7 7.6 -23.3 5.7 -

Utility (piped) gas service

 16.7 25.8 -7.2 -1.8 11.4 25.6 24.9 -8.1 15.2 - 10.0 33.3 -6.1 -0.1 -

Household furnishings and operations

 4.5 9.1 3.4 -0.5 2.8 4.4 7.0 3.6 -0.9 3.4 6.4 8.1 -2.0 -1.6 4.9

Apparel

 2.5 5.0 2.8 0.7 -0.1 1.9 5.7 2.8 1.4 1.2 -1.8 4.4 -0.2 5.9 -1.9

Transportation

 14.6 15.5 0.2 1.4 0.5 16.9 16.3 2.0 2.9 0.5 12.9 17.6 0.6 2.8 -1.1

Private transportation

 15.6 15.5 0.4 1.5 0.8 17.7 16.0 1.9 3.2 0.6 14.7 17.1 0.5 3.0 -1.3

Motor fuel

 35.8 32.1 -10.6 -5.3 -5.6 45.1 30.6 -11.7 -4.2 -6.2 40.1 32.7 -12.5 -5.6 -7.2

Gasoline (all types)

 36.0 31.7 -10.4 -5.1 -5.7 45.2 30.0 -11.5 -4.2 -6.5 40.3 32.0 -12.0 -5.7 -7.3

Medical care

 1.2 4.1 0.5 2.7 2.9 0.9 4.1 1.3 1.9 0.8 0.8 1.9 -0.5 0.1 2.5

Recreation(2)

 2.4 4.5 4.0 1.5 2.1 0.2 1.4 5.0 2.3 1.2 5.1 11.5 2.3 0.6 1.1

Education and communication(2)

 1.6 0.8 1.0 0.6 0.5 1.6 -1.6 0.7 2.1 -2.8 1.9 -0.6 -1.0 0.4 -0.8

Other goods and services

 3.1 6.2 6.1 4.1 3.6 6.3 5.6 4.7 3.5 1.5 1.8 3.9 7.1 1.0 3.6

SPECIAL INDEXES (CPI-U)

Energy

 21.0 25.2 -5.0 -1.3 -0.1 24.0 29.3 -9.3 4.2 0.4 26.6 22.2 -16.1 -0.7 -2.1

All items less shelter

 5.7 9.1 2.5 1.7 2.0 6.2 9.3 2.9 2.7 1.3 5.9 9.5 0.8 1.8 1.3

All items less food and energy

 3.6 6.2 4.8 3.4 2.8 4.0 6.6 6.5 4.2 1.3 2.7 6.4 4.9 2.6 1.4

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

All items

 5.3 8.5 3.8 2.9 2.5 5.9 9.5 5.2 3.8 1.2 4.8 8.5 3.5 2.5 0.9

(1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
(2) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.

Dashes (-) indicate data not available