The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington declined 0.6 percent for the two months ending in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that declines were led by a 0.5-percent decrease in the index for all items less food and energy. The index for energy was down 1.9 percent, while the index for food fell 0.2 percent over the two-month period. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)

BLS did not collect survey data for October 2025 due to a lapse in appropriations. BLS is unable to retroactively collect these data. For a few indexes, BLS uses nonsurvey data sources instead of survey data to make the index calculations. BLS was able to retroactively acquire most of the nonsurvey data for October.

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area all items CPI-U advanced 1.1 percent for the 12 months ending in November. The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.0 percent, and the food index increased 1.6 percent. The energy index advanced 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, November 2022–November 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
Sep 2025	1.9	1.8
Nov 2025	1.1	1.0

The food index declined 0.2 percent over the two-month period. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) fell 0.6 percent, with lower prices in 4 of the 6 major grocery store food categories. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 0.2 percent. Within the food at home index, falling prices for nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials (-3.4 percent) and meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (-1.2 percent) contributed most to the decline. The indexes for other food at home (+1.1 percent) and fruits and vegetables (+1.1 percent) rose over the two-month period.

The food index advanced 1.6 percent over the year. The food away from home index increased 2.2 percent, while the food at home index rose 1.2 percent. Four of the six major grocery store food group indexes increased over the same period, led by meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+5.5 percent). The index for fruits and vegetables declined 2.9 percent.

The energy index decreased 1.9 percent over the two-month pricing period. Gasoline prices declined 4.1 percent.

From November 2024 to November 2025, the energy index increased 2.0 percent. Over the year, the gasoline index rose 0.8 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy decreased 0.5 percent over the two-month period. Among index components, prices were lower for apparel (-9.6 percent), lodging away from home, and household furnishings and operations (-1.3 percent). In contrast, prices for medical care services increased over the two-month period.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 1.0 percent over the year. Contributions to the increase were led by the indexes for medical care services, household furnishings and operations (+3.2 percent), and motor vehicle maintenance and repair. 

The Consumer Price Index for December 2025 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at 7:30 a.m. (CT).

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 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 November 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Sep. 2025	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	Sep. 2025	Oct. 2025
All items		304.221	-	302.493	1.1	-0.6	-
All items (1967=100)		954.325	-	948.904	-	-	-
Food and beverages		339.673	-	338.953	1.4	-0.2	-
Food		336.354	-	335.540	1.6	-0.2	-
Food at home		272.856	-	271.312	1.2	-0.6	-
Cereals and bakery products		320.344	-	317.117	0.6	-1.0	-
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		342.662	-	338.710	5.5	-1.2	-
Dairy and related products		246.042	-	241.234	-0.7	-2.0	-
Fruits and vegetables		207.607	-	209.875	-2.9	1.1	-
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		244.610	-	236.250	0.6	-3.4	-
Other food at home		262.724	-	265.672	1.1	1.1	-
Food away from home		435.773	-	436.434	2.2	0.2	-
Alcoholic beverages		372.132	-	372.998	-2.3	0.2	-
Housing		312.716	-	311.780	0.8	-0.3	-
Shelter		349.568	-	348.319	0.1	-0.4	-
Rent of primary residence		369.538	-	370.888	0.0	0.4	-
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		374.285	-	374.115	0.4	0.0	-
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		374.285	-	374.115	0.4	0.0	-
Household furnishings and operations		145.352	-	143.432	3.2	-1.3	-
Apparel		126.838	-	114.623	-1.9	-9.6	-
Transportation		271.399	-	268.022	0.8	-1.2	-
Private transportation		278.464	-	275.610	1.4	-1.0	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		126.325	-	125.856	0.4	-0.4	-
New vehicles(1)		223.228	-	222.544	0.4	-0.3	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		436.298	-	433.121	3.4	-0.7	-
Motor fuel		265.854	-	255.026	0.8	-4.1	-
Gasoline (all types)		263.704	253.015	252.968	0.8	-4.1	0.0
Unleaded regular(4)		252.209	241.619	241.597	0.6	-4.2	0.0
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		289.486	279.542	278.684	1.7	-3.7	-0.3
Unleaded premium(4)		293.235	283.834	283.709	1.7	-3.2	0.0
Medical care		522.217	-	526.330	3.3	0.8	-
Recreation(3)		136.004	-	134.711	1.7	-1.0	-
Education and communication(3)		134.986	-	135.069	0.9	0.1	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,585.897	-	1,585.897	-	0.0	-
Other goods and services		534.224	-	533.637	2.6	-0.1	-
(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. NOTE: The October 2025 and November 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

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

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Sep. 2025	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	Sep. 2025	Oct. 2025
All items		304.221	-	302.493	1.1	-0.6	-
Food		336.354	-	335.540	1.6	-0.2	-
Energy		305.688	-	299.891	2.0	-1.9	-
All items less food and energy		305.852	-	304.316	1.0	-0.5	-
All items less energy		309.860	-	308.416	1.1	-0.5	-
All items less medical care		293.420	-	291.373	0.9	-0.7	-
All items less shelter		283.172	-	281.221	1.7	-0.7	-
Commodities		208.766	-	205.570	0.8	-1.5	-
Commodities less food		161.223	-	157.504	0.3	-2.3	-
Commodities less food & beverages		155.961	-	152.197	0.5	-2.4	-
Durables		120.844	-	120.060	0.5	-0.6	-
Nondurables		261.839	-	256.922	0.9	-1.9	-
Nondurables less food		207.045	-	199.436	0.2	-3.7	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		199.317	-	191.375	0.4	-4.0	-
Services		396.326	-	396.075	1.3	-0.1	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		457.118	-	458.716	2.9	0.3	-
Services less medical care services		379.173	-	378.363	1.0	-0.2	-
(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. NOTE: The October 2025 and November 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.