The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area was down 0.4 percent for the two months ending in March 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that a 0.6-percent decrease in the index for all items less food and energy drove most of this decline. The energy index fell 0.1 percent, while the index for food rose 0.2 percent in February and March. (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 1.4 percent for the 12 months ending in March. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 1.6 percent over the year, and food prices rose 1.5 percent. The energy index decreased 1.2 percent.

  

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

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
Mar 2025	1.4	1.6

Food prices advanced 0.2 percent for the two months ending in March. The index for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 0.4 percent, while the index for food at home (grocery store purchases) was unchanged for the same period. Within the food at home category, the nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials index and the fruits and vegetables index had notable increases, advancing 2.0 percent and 0.9 percent, respectively. Declines entirely offset gains, with the indexes for other food at home (-0.9 percent) and meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (-0.7 percent) contributing most. 

The index for food rose 1.5 percent over the year. Prices for food away from home advanced 3.5 percent, while prices for food at home decreased 0.1 percent. The index for fruits and vegetables contributed most to the 12-month decline in the food at home category, falling 5.6 percent.

The energy index decreased 0.1 percent for the two months ending in March. Prices paid for gasoline increased 0.1 percent for the same period.

From March 2024 to March 2025, energy prices fell 1.2 percent. The index for gasoline declined 12.4 percent over the year.

The index for all items less food and energy decreased 0.6 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were lower for medical care (-0.6 percent), public transportation, and lodging away from home. In contrast, prices were higher for household furnishings and operations (+6.2 percent), apparel (+6.2 percent), and owners’ equivalent rent of residence (+0.5 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 1.6 percent over the year. Components contributing to the rise included shelter (+3.0 percent) and household furnishings and operations (+4.9 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for education and communication (-3.5 percent), new and used motor vehicles (-2.2 percent), and medical care services.

The May 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, June 11, 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 March 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025
All items		304.320	-	303.017	1.4	-0.4	-
All items (1967=100)		954.636	-	950.547	-	-	-
Food and beverages		336.436	-	336.692	1.4	0.1	-
Food		332.351	-	332.875	1.5	0.2	-
Food at home		270.913	273.844	270.885	-0.1	0.0	-1.1
Cereals and bakery products		318.860	315.636	320.086	-0.5	0.4	1.4
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		329.730	341.587	327.561	2.1	-0.7	-4.1
Dairy and related products		243.406	245.843	242.170	6.1	-0.5	-1.5
Fruits and vegetables		214.923	220.505	216.958	-5.6	0.9	-1.6
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		232.964	233.093	237.630	2.7	2.0	1.9
Other food at home		267.359	265.596	264.854	-1.7	-0.9	-0.3
Food away from home		428.058	-	429.613	3.5	0.4	-
Alcoholic beverages		381.778	-	377.592	-0.3	-1.1	-
Housing		311.701	-	314.442	3.7	0.9	-
Shelter		351.438	351.803	352.743	3.0	0.4	0.3
Rent of primary residence		372.293	374.129	373.631	2.3	0.4	-0.1
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		375.502	376.174	377.355	3.1	0.5	0.3
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		375.502	376.174	377.355	3.1	0.5	0.3
Household furnishings and operations		138.285	-	146.834	4.9	6.2	-
Apparel		116.894	-	124.156	3.0	6.2	-
Transportation		286.758	-	269.335	-2.3	-6.1	-
Private transportation		294.596	-	276.390	-2.4	-6.2	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		125.955	-	126.020	-2.2	0.1	-
New vehicles(1)		222.593	-	222.996	-0.2	0.2	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		422.946	-	424.320	-0.6	0.3	-
Motor fuel		262.086	260.514	262.168	-12.5	0.0	0.6
Gasoline (all types)		259.804	258.267	260.163	-12.4	0.1	0.7
Unleaded regular(4)		248.745	247.252	249.118	-12.9	0.1	0.8
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		282.643	281.108	283.250	-10.8	0.2	0.8
Unleaded premium(4)		287.248	285.695	287.419	-9.8	0.1	0.6
Medical care		513.945	-	510.830	-0.7	-0.6	-
Recreation(3)		135.669	-	135.904	0.4	0.2	-
Education and communication(3)		131.325	-	131.959	-3.5	0.5	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,492.039	-	1,492.600	3.0	0.0	-
Other goods and services		527.710	-	525.601	0.9	-0.4	-
(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 March 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025
All items		304.320	-	303.017	1.4	-0.4	-
Food		332.351	-	332.875	1.5	0.2	-
Energy		300.028	300.542	299.754	-1.2	-0.1	-0.3
All items less food and energy		307.070	-	305.378	1.6	-0.6	-
All items less energy		310.409	-	309.001	1.6	-0.5	-
All items less medical care		293.969	-	292.759	1.6	-0.4	-
All items less shelter		282.446	-	279.928	0.5	-0.9	-
Commodities		205.675	-	207.673	-0.3	1.0	-
Commodities less food		158.553	-	160.874	-1.6	1.5	-
Commodities less food & beverages		153.101	-	155.514	-1.7	1.6	-
Durables		119.264	-	121.898	-0.5	2.2	-
Nondurables		257.784	-	259.030	-0.3	0.5	-
Nondurables less food		203.023	-	204.738	-2.4	0.8	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		194.729	-	196.688	-2.7	1.0	-
Services		399.599	-	395.023	2.4	-1.1	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		461.968	-	448.229	1.6	-3.0	-
Services less medical care services		383.613	-	378.939	2.8	-1.2	-
(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.