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Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Southwest

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

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data		 Annual
average
2016		 Jul
2017		 Aug
2017		 Percent change
Annual
average
2015 to
2016		 12 months
ended
Jul
2017		 Aug
2017

U.S. City Average

 240.007 244.786 245.519 1.3 1.7 1.9

South(1)

 232.692 236.942 237.892 1.1 1.6 1.9

South City Size Class (population)

A (over 1.5 million)

 235.744 240.366 241.367 1.4 1.6 2.0

B/C (50,000-1.5 million)(2)

 147.311 149.951 150.509 0.9 1.6 1.7

D (less than 50,000)

 236.979 240.315 241.531 0.5 1.2 1.8

Metropolitan areas

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX(3)

 220.677 225.613   1.5 1.9  

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX(3)

 216.414   221.255 1.6   2.2

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) December 1996=100.
(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.