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Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Southwest

 
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, All Items, for the U.S. City Average, South, and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Area

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data
Annual
average
2022
Jan
2023
Feb
2023
Percent change
Annual
average
2021 to
2022
12 months
ended
Jan
2023
Feb
2023

U.S. City Average

292.655 299.170 300.840 8.0 6.4 6.0

South(1)

283.666 290.438 292.285 8.6 6.9 6.4

South City Size Class (population)

A (greater than 2,500,000)

288.798 295.376 297.391 8.9 6.9 6.4

B/C (2,500,000 or less)(2)

179.294 183.679 184.804 8.4 6.9 6.4

Metropolitan areas

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX(3)

273.855 281.117   8.8 7.5  

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX(3)

258.660   263.537 8.2   5.2

Footnotes
(1) The South region includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
(2) Index on a December 1996=100 base.
(3) Published in alternate months.

Source: Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.