The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area fell 0.3 percent for the two months ending in July 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that declines were led by a 0.4-percent decrease in the index for all items less food and energy. The index for energy was down 0.2 percent, while the index for food was up 0.4 percent over the two-month 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 0.9 percent for the 12 months ending in July. The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.0 percent, and the index for food advanced 2.0 percent. The energy index declined 2.5 percent over the year.

  

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

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
Jul 2025	0.9	1.0

The index for food increased 0.4 percent for the two months ending in July. Prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) advanced 0.9 percent, while prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) declined 0.1 percent for the same period. Within the food at home index, falling prices for other food at home and fruits and vegetables contributed to the decline, decreasing 3.5 percent and 1.3 percent, respectively. The index for nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials led increases in the index (+3.9 percent), followed by the index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+1.1 percent). 

Food prices rose 2.0 percent over the year, led by a 4.1 percent advance in the index for food away from home. The index for food at home was up 0.3 percent, with 3 of 6 grocery categories contributing. Within the index for food at home, prices for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs led the increases, up 4.3 percent over the year. Prices paid for fruits and vegetables were down 4.8 percent over the same period.

The energy index declined 0.2 percent for the two months ending in July. Prices paid for gasoline fell 1.2 percent over the same period.

From July 2024 to July 2025, energy prices decreased 2.5 percent. The index for gasoline fell 10.0 percent over the year.

The index for all items less food and energy were down 0.4 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were lower for shelter (-0.9 percent), recreation (-1.3 percent), and apparel (-2.3 percent). In contrast, prices were higher for medical care (+0.9 percent) and education and communication (+1.0 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 1.0 percent over the year. Components contributing to the increase included household furnishings and operations (+5.8 percent), medical care services, and owners’ equivalent rent of residence (+0.5 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for education and communication (-4.1 percent) and rent of primary residence (-0.7 percent).

The September 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, October 15, 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 July 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	May 2025	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025	Jul. 2024	May 2025	Jun. 2025
All items		303.355	-	302.413	0.9	-0.3	-
All items (1967=100)		951.608	-	948.652	-	-	-
Food and beverages		338.519	-	339.448	1.7	0.3	-
Food		334.987	-	336.205	2.0	0.4	-
Food at home		273.168	273.923	272.882	0.3	-0.1	-0.4
Cereals and bakery products		314.797	317.156	318.983	2.1	1.3	0.6
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		335.828	338.491	339.433	4.3	1.1	0.3
Dairy and related products		238.452	243.268	242.362	-1.3	1.6	-0.4
Fruits and vegetables		219.753	217.345	216.816	-4.8	-1.3	-0.2
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		235.438	245.336	244.541	4.7	3.9	-0.3
Other food at home		269.819	264.519	260.261	-2.5	-3.5	-1.6
Food away from home		431.245	-	435.297	4.1	0.9	-
Alcoholic beverages		374.583	-	370.646	-3.1	-1.1	-
Housing		312.996	-	311.046	1.4	-0.6	-
Shelter		351.073	347.704	347.865	0.4	-0.9	0.0
Rent of primary residence		371.866	368.080	367.865	-0.7	-1.1	-0.1
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		375.084	372.449	373.038	0.5	-0.5	0.2
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		375.084	372.449	373.038	0.5	-0.5	0.2
Household furnishings and operations		143.832	-	144.702	5.8	0.6	-
Apparel		125.530	-	122.590	3.8	-2.3	-
Transportation		272.317	-	270.958	-1.0	-0.5	-
Private transportation		279.620	-	278.934	-1.5	-0.2	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		126.470	-	126.412	-0.2	0.0	-
New vehicles(1)		223.347	-	222.935	0.2	-0.2	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		427.834	-	437.481	4.5	2.3	-
Motor fuel		273.322	270.901	270.563	-9.9	-1.0	-0.1
Gasoline (all types)		271.536	269.072	268.408	-10.0	-1.2	-0.2
Unleaded regular(4)		260.117	257.721	256.969	-10.4	-1.2	-0.3
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		295.955	293.245	293.126	-8.4	-1.0	0.0
Unleaded premium(4)		299.157	296.704	296.738	-7.5	-0.8	0.0
Medical care		511.678	-	516.069	2.3	0.9	-
Recreation(3)		135.991	-	134.253	1.1	-1.3	-
Education and communication(3)		132.501	-	133.843	-4.1	1.0	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,492.600	-	1,521.559	-	1.9	-
Other goods and services		529.486	-	531.267	1.5	0.3	-
(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 July 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	May 2025	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025	Jul. 2024	May 2025	Jun. 2025
All items		303.355	-	302.413	0.9	-0.3	-
Food		334.987	-	336.205	2.0	0.4	-
Energy		306.527	305.581	305.909	-2.5	-0.2	0.1
All items less food and energy		304.890	-	303.581	1.0	-0.4	-
All items less energy		308.845	-	307.860	1.1	-0.3	-
All items less medical care		293.070	-	291.839	0.8	-0.4	-
All items less shelter		281.201	-	281.314	1.1	0.0	-
Commodities		208.521	-	208.529	0.2	0.0	-
Commodities less food		161.314	-	160.972	-1.0	-0.2	-
Commodities less food & beverages		156.010	-	155.735	-0.9	-0.2	-
Durables		120.863	-	121.173	0.6	0.3	-
Nondurables		261.395	-	261.145	0.1	-0.1	-
Nondurables less food		207.233	-	205.994	-2.2	-0.6	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		199.408	-	198.288	-2.2	-0.6	-
Services		394.850	-	392.971	1.3	-0.5	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		450.593	-	451.313	2.5	0.2	-
Services less medical care services		378.634	-	376.239	1.1	-0.6	-
(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.