The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area advanced 0.1 percent for the two months ending in May 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that prices for energy increased 2.3 percent. The index for food rose 0.6 percent over the same period, while the all items less food and energy index declined 0.2 percent. (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 advanced 0.6 percent for the 12 months ending in May. The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.5 percent over the year and food prices were up 2.4 percent. Energy prices fell 2.0 percent over the same period.

  

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

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
May 2025	0.6	0.5

Food prices increased 0.6 percent for the two months ending in May. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) increased 0.8 percent, with 3 of the 6 grocery categories contributing to the rise. The index for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) advanced 0.4 percent for the same period. Within the food at home index, the category for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+2.5 percent) led the rise, followed by other food at home (+1.9 percent). The index for cereals and bakery products (-1.7 percent) saw the largest decline over the two-month period.

Over the year, food prices rose 2.4 percent. Prices for food away from home increased 3.9 percent. Prices for food at home advanced 1.2 percent, with the index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+5.0 percent) contributing most to the 12-month change.

The energy index rose 2.3 percent for the two months ending in May. The index for gasoline advanced 4.4 percent over the same period.

From May 2024 to May 2025, the energy index fell 2.0 percent. The index for gasoline declined 11.6 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy decreased 0.2 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were lower for owners’ equivalent rent of residence (-0.6 percent), household furnishings and operations (-2.0 percent), and rent of primary residence (-0.5 percent). In contrast, prices were higher for apparel (+1.1 percent) and other goods and services (+0.7 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.5 percent over the year. Components most contributing to the increase included owners’ equivalent rent of residence (+1.9 percent), apparel (+6.0 percent), and rent of primary residence (+1.3 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for medical care services, education and communication (-5.1 percent), and public transportation.

The July 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, August 12, 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 May 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	May 2025	May 2024	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025
All items		303.017	-	303.355	0.6	0.1	-
All items (1967=100)		950.547	-	951.608	-	-	-
Food and beverages		336.692	-	338.519	2.2	0.5	-
Food		332.875	-	334.987	2.4	0.6	-
Food at home		270.885	274.766	273.168	1.2	0.8	-0.6
Cereals and bakery products		320.086	318.903	314.797	-0.9	-1.7	-1.3
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		327.561	333.026	335.828	5.0	2.5	0.8
Dairy and related products		242.170	243.490	238.452	1.3	-1.5	-2.1
Fruits and vegetables		216.958	223.728	219.753	-2.4	1.3	-1.8
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		237.630	239.512	235.438	2.0	-0.9	-1.7
Other food at home		264.854	269.276	269.819	0.5	1.9	0.2
Food away from home		429.613	-	431.245	3.9	0.4	-
Alcoholic beverages		377.592	-	374.583	-0.3	-0.8	-
Housing		314.442	-	312.996	2.3	-0.5	-
Shelter		352.743	351.580	351.073	1.6	-0.5	-0.1
Rent of primary residence		373.631	373.740	371.866	1.3	-0.5	-0.5
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		377.355	373.983	375.084	1.9	-0.6	0.3
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		377.355	373.983	375.084	1.9	-0.6	0.3
Household furnishings and operations		146.834	-	143.832	2.5	-2.0	-
Apparel		124.156	-	125.530	6.0	1.1	-
Transportation		269.335	-	272.317	-2.6	1.1	-
Private transportation		276.390	-	279.620	-2.2	1.2	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		126.020	-	126.470	-1.3	0.4	-
New vehicles(1)		222.996	-	223.347	0.4	0.2	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		424.320	-	427.834	0.5	0.8	-
Motor fuel		262.168	269.825	273.322	-11.6	4.3	1.3
Gasoline (all types)		260.163	267.912	271.536	-11.6	4.4	1.4
Unleaded regular(4)		249.118	256.693	260.117	-12.1	4.4	1.3
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		283.250	291.381	295.955	-9.5	4.5	1.6
Unleaded premium(4)		287.419	294.888	299.157	-8.7	4.1	1.4
Medical care		510.830	-	511.678	-3.8	0.2	-
Recreation(3)		135.904	-	135.991	0.7	0.1	-
Education and communication(3)		131.959	-	132.501	-5.1	0.4	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,492.600	-	1,492.600	-2.1	0.0	-
Other goods and services		525.601	-	529.486	0.5	0.7	-
(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 May 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	May 2025	May 2024	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025
All items		303.017	-	303.355	0.6	0.1	-
Food		332.875	-	334.987	2.4	0.6	-
Energy		299.754	304.290	306.527	-2.0	2.3	0.7
All items less food and energy		305.378	-	304.890	0.5	-0.2	-
All items less energy		309.001	-	308.845	0.8	-0.1	-
All items less medical care		292.759	-	293.070	1.0	0.1	-
All items less shelter		279.928	-	281.201	0.0	0.5	-
Commodities		207.673	-	208.521	-0.1	0.4	-
Commodities less food		160.874	-	161.314	-1.8	0.3	-
Commodities less food & beverages		155.514	-	156.010	-1.9	0.3	-
Durables		121.898	-	120.863	-1.3	-0.8	-
Nondurables		259.030	-	261.395	0.3	0.9	-
Nondurables less food		204.738	-	207.233	-2.2	1.2	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		196.688	-	199.408	-2.4	1.4	-
Services		395.023	-	394.850	1.0	0.0	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		448.229	-	450.593	0.2	0.5	-
Services less medical care services		378.939	-	378.634	1.6	-0.1	-
(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.