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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > Table

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
2025		 Feb
2026		 Mar
2026		 Percent change
Annual
average
2024 to
2025		 12 months
ended
Feb
2026		 Mar
2026

U.S. City Average

 321.943 326.785 330.213 2.6 2.4 3.3

South(1)

 311.997 315.689 319.643 2.2 1.8 3.0

South City Size Class (population)

A (greater than 2,500,000)

 317.828 321.211 325.447 1.9 1.6 2.9

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

 197.209 199.703 202.120 2.4 2.0 3.2

Metropolitan areas

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX(3)

 303.270   312.058 1.3   3.0

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

 277.742 279.235   1.3 1.3  

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.