The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area advanced 0.3 percent for the two months ending in January 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Jerome Watters noted that prices for all items less food and energy increased 0.4 percent, while the index for food rose 1.5 percent. The index for energy declined 4.0 percent over the 2-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 fell 0.3 percent for the 12 months ending in January, the first over-the-year decline since May 2020. The index for all items less food and energy decreased 0.5 percent over the year, and the energy index fell 4.0 percent. Food prices increased 2.5 percent over the 12-month period.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, January 2023–January 2026

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
Jan 2026	-0.3	-0.5

Food prices advanced 1.5 percent for the two months ending in January. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) rose 2.6 percent, and prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 0.2 percent for the same period. Within the food at home index, the category for fruits and vegetables (+7.7 percent), along with other food at home (+3.5 percent) led the increases.

 Over the year, the index for food rose 2.5 percent. Prices for food at home advanced 2.8 percent, and prices for food away from home increased 2.2 percent. Within the food at home category, the index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs and the index for fruits and vegetables led the increases, rising 4.1 percent and 5.2 percent, respectively.

The energy index declined 4.0 percent for the two months ending in January. The index for gasoline fell 10.1 percent over the same period.

 From January 2025 to January 2026, energy prices decreased 4.0 percent. The index for gasoline declined 12.5 percent over the year.

The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.4 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for public transportation, other goods and services (+4.4 percent), and shelter (+0.3 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for used cars and trucks (-4.8 percent) and education and communication (-1.4 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy fell 0.5 percent over the year, first decline since January 2011. Components contributing to the decrease included lodging away from home, used cars and trucks (-2.5 percent), owners’ equivalent rent of residences (-0.2 percent), and recreation (-1.1 percent). In contrast, prices were higher for household furnishings and operations (+5.3 percent), other goods and services (+5.6 percent), and public transportation.

The March 2026 Consumer Price Index for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area is scheduled to be released on Friday, April 10, 2026.

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.

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Table 1. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, CPI-U by expenditure category for January 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025
All items		302.493	-	303.255	-0.3	0.3	-
All items (1967=100)		948.904	-	951.294	-	-	-
Food and beverages		338.953	-	343.808	2.2	1.4	-
Food		335.540	-	340.661	2.5	1.5	-
Food at home		271.312	278.158	278.397	2.8	2.6	0.1
Cereals and bakery products		317.117	318.615	318.678	-0.1	0.5	0.0
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		338.710	345.185	343.217	4.1	1.3	-0.6
Dairy and related products		241.234	242.947	241.052	-1.0	-0.1	-0.8
Fruits and vegetables		209.875	217.800	226.085	5.2	7.7	3.8
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		236.250	244.605	238.063	2.2	0.8	-2.7
Other food at home		265.672	275.010	275.012	2.9	3.5	0.0
Food away from home		436.434	-	437.421	2.2	0.2	-
Alcoholic beverages		372.998	-	372.957	-2.3	0.0	-
Housing		311.780	-	313.289	0.5	0.5	-
Shelter		348.319	349.843	349.362	-0.6	0.3	-0.1
Rent of primary residence		370.888	372.357	371.794	-0.1	0.2	-0.2
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		374.115	374.864	374.735	-0.2	0.2	0.0
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		374.115	374.864	374.735	-0.2	0.2	0.0
Household furnishings and operations		143.432	-	145.655	5.3	1.5	-
Apparel		114.623	-	115.303	-1.4	0.6	-
Transportation		268.022	-	263.666	-8.1	-1.6	-
Private transportation		275.610	-	267.285	-9.3	-3.0	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		125.856	-	123.866	-1.7	-1.6	-
New vehicles(1)		222.544	-	222.858	0.1	0.1	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		433.121	-	412.473	-2.5	-4.8	-
Motor fuel		255.026	236.892	229.299	-12.5	-10.1	-3.2
Gasoline (all types)		252.968	235.127	227.358	-12.5	-10.1	-3.3
Unleaded regular(4)		241.597	223.981	216.274	-13.1	-10.5	-3.4
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		278.684	261.394	253.898	-10.2	-8.9	-2.9
Unleaded premium(4)		283.709	267.712	261.047	-9.1	-8.0	-2.5
Medical care		526.330	-	527.541	2.6	0.2	-
Recreation(3)		134.711	-	134.197	-1.1	-0.4	-
Education and communication(3)		135.069	-	133.230	1.5	-1.4	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,585.897	-	1,584.555	6.2	-0.1	-
Other goods and services		533.637	-	557.127	5.6	4.4	-
(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 January 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025
All items		302.493	-	303.255	-0.3	0.3	-
Food		335.540	-	340.661	2.5	1.5	-
Energy		299.891	292.068	287.913	-4.0	-4.0	-1.4
All items less food and energy		304.316	-	305.584	-0.5	0.4	-
All items less energy		308.416	-	310.175	-0.1	0.6	-
All items less medical care		291.373	-	292.115	-0.6	0.3	-
All items less shelter		281.221	-	281.812	-0.2	0.2	-
Commodities		205.570	-	204.796	-0.4	-0.4	-
Commodities less food		157.504	-	155.111	-2.2	-1.5	-
Commodities less food & beverages		152.197	-	149.797	-2.2	-1.6	-
Durables		120.060	-	119.437	0.1	-0.5	-
Nondurables		256.922	-	256.140	-0.6	-0.3	-
Nondurables less food		199.436	-	194.681	-4.1	-2.4	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		191.375	-	186.462	-4.2	-2.6	-
Services		396.075	-	398.513	-0.3	0.6	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		458.716	-	463.140	0.3	1.0	-
Services less medical care services		378.363	-	380.813	-0.7	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.