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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
2024		 Oct
2025		 Nov
2025		 Percent change
Annual
average
2023 to
2024		 12 months
ended
Oct
2025		 Nov
2025

U.S. City Average

 313.689 (1)- 324.122 2.9   2.7

South(2)

 305.187 (1)- 313.597 3.0   2.2

South City Size Class (population)

A (greater than 2,500,000)

 311.810 (1)- 318.975 3.1   1.8

B/C (2,500,000 or less)(3)

 192.570 (1)- 198.417 2.9   2.4

Metropolitan areas

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX(4)

 299.324   302.493 3.9   1.1

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX(4)

 274.201 (1)-   2.5    

Footnotes
(1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations
(2) 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.
(3) Index on a December 1996=100 base.
(4) 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.