The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area advanced 1.7 percent for the two months ending in January 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the index for all items less food and energy increased 1.9 percent. The energy index rose 2.1 percent and the index for food advanced 0.6 percent over the same period. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area all items CPI-U increased 2.8 percent for the 12 months ending in January. The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.8 percent, and the index for energy advanced 4.3 percent. Food prices increased 1.8 percent over the year.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, January 2022–January 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Jan 2022	7.8	6.3
Mar 2022	9.0	6.5
May 2022	9.1	6.0
Jul 2022	9.4	5.7
Sep 2022	9.2	7.2
Nov 2022	8.4	7.6
Jan 2023	7.5	7.2
Mar 2023	5.8	7.4
May 2023	4.7	7.0
Jul 2023	4.0	6.4
Sep 2023	4.6	5.8
Nov 2023	5.2	6.2
Jan 2024	5.3	6.2
Mar 2024	4.9	4.8
May 2024	5.0	5.0
Jul 2024	4.1	4.2
Sep 2024	2.6	3.1
Nov 2024	1.9	2.0
Jan 2025	2.8	2.8

The food index rose 0.6 percent for the two months ending in January. Prices for food at home (grocery store prices) advanced 1.0 percent over the two-month period, with 4 of the 6 major grocery store food group indexes increasing over this period. The meats, poultry, fish, and eggs index rose 2.7 percent, and the other food at home index advanced 1.7 percent. Prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 0.2 percent over the same period.

Food prices advanced 1.8 percent over the year. Prices for food away from home increased 3.7 percent, and prices for food at home rose 0.1 percent.

The energy index increased 2.1 percent for the two-month pricing period. Gasoline prices advanced 3.5 percent.

From January 2024 to January 2025, energy prices were up 4.3 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.9 percent in December and January. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for shelter (+1.0 percent), recreation (+2.4 percent), and medical care (+0.9 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for education and communication (-1.9 percent) and household furnishings and operations (-0.5 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.8 percent over the year. Components contributing to the rise included shelter (+4.1 percent) and medical care (+1.1 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for education and communication (-2.6 percent) and new and used motor vehicles (-1.3 percent).

The March 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area is scheduled to be released on Thursday, April 10, 2025.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services. The Consumer Price Index for Dallas-Fort Worth is published bi-monthly. The set of components and sub-aggregates published for regional and metropolitan indexes is more limited than at the U.S. city average level; these indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a much smaller sample size than the national or regional indexes and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local-area indexes are more volatile than the national or regional indexes. In addition, local indexes are not adjusted for seasonal influences. NOTE: Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices between cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period.

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, Core Based Statistical Area includes the counties of Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise in Texas.

Refer to the national CPI news release technical note or the Handbook of Methods for more information.

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Table 1. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, CPI-U by expenditure category for January 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2024	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024
All items		299.096	-	304.320	2.8	1.7	-
All items (1967=100)		938.248	-	954.636	-	-	-
Food and beverages		334.416	-	336.436	1.7	0.6	-
Food		330.205	-	332.351	1.8	0.6	-
Food at home		268.190	268.904	270.913	0.1	1.0	0.7
Cereals and bakery products		315.070	315.987	318.860	-0.7	1.2	0.9
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		321.028	327.027	329.730	5.0	2.7	0.8
Dairy and related products		243.007	243.804	243.406	5.6	0.2	-0.2
Fruits and vegetables		216.163	216.403	214.923	-9.4	-0.6	-0.7
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		234.792	224.745	232.964	-0.8	-0.8	3.7
Other food at home		262.777	266.055	267.359	0.9	1.7	0.5
Food away from home		427.159	-	428.058	3.7	0.2	-
Alcoholic beverages		381.949	-	381.778	0.5	0.0	-
Housing		309.299	-	311.701	3.8	0.8	-
Shelter		347.924	349.953	351.438	4.1	1.0	0.4
Rent of primary residence		370.951	371.656	372.293	3.2	0.4	0.2
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		372.700	375.276	375.502	4.0	0.8	0.1
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		372.700	375.276	375.502	4.0	0.8	0.1
Household furnishings and operations		139.015	-	138.285	-0.9	-0.5	-
Apparel		116.840	-	116.894	-1.1	0.0	-
Transportation		265.956	-	286.758	5.4	7.8	-
Private transportation		271.758	-	294.596	5.4	8.4	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		125.329	-	125.955	-1.3	0.5	-
New vehicles(1)		221.620	-	222.593	-0.8	0.4	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		419.078	-	422.946	-0.3	0.9	-
Motor fuel		252.965	252.026	262.086	0.2	3.6	4.0
Gasoline (all types)		250.968	249.890	259.804	0.2	3.5	4.0
Unleaded regular(4)		240.070	238.979	248.745	0.1	3.6	4.1
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		274.002	273.259	282.643	0.7	3.2	3.4
Unleaded premium(4)		278.939	278.123	287.248	0.8	3.0	3.3
Medical care		509.564	-	513.945	1.1	0.9	-
Recreation(3)		132.492	-	135.669	-0.4	2.4	-
Education and communication(3)		133.832	-	131.325	-2.6	-1.9	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		-	-	1,492.039	-0.1	-	-
Other goods and services		520.068	-	527.710	1.6	1.5	-
(1) Index is on a February 1978=100 base. (2) Index is on a December 1982=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. (4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. (5) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

Table 2. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, CPI-U by special aggregate index for January 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2024	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024
All items		299.096	-	304.320	2.8	1.7	-
Food		330.205	-	332.351	1.8	0.6	-
Energy		293.891	294.164	300.028	4.3	2.1	2.0
All items less food and energy		301.361	-	307.070	2.8	1.9	-
All items less energy		305.160	-	310.409	2.7	1.7	-
All items less medical care		288.692	-	293.969	2.9	1.8	-
All items less shelter		276.437	-	282.446	2.0	2.2	-
Commodities		203.897	-	205.675	0.2	0.9	-
Commodities less food		156.983	-	158.553	-0.8	1.0	-
Commodities less food & beverages		151.515	-	153.101	-0.9	1.0	-
Durables		119.432	-	119.264	-2.5	-0.1	-
Nondurables		254.531	-	257.784	1.3	1.3	-
Nondurables less food		199.098	-	203.023	0.6	2.0	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		190.646	-	194.729	0.6	2.1	-
Services		390.980	-	399.599	4.2	2.2	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		445.757	-	461.968	4.1	3.6	-
Services less medical care services		374.505	-	383.613	4.5	2.4	-
(1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.