The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington fell 0.3 percent for the two months ending in May 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Jerome Watters noted that the index for all items less food and energy decreased 1.2 percent, accounting for all of the bimonthly decline. The index for energy rose 8.9 percent, while the index for food was unchanged. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington all items CPI-U increased 2.6 percent for the 12 months ending in May. The energy index rose 18.9 percent, and the index for all items less food and energy advanced 1.3 percent over the year. The index for food was up 2.2 percent.

  

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

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
Mar 2026	3.0	2.3
May 2026	2.6	1.3

The food index was unchanged for the two months ending in May. The index for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 0.6 percent over the month. This was entirely offset by a 0.4-percent decrease in the food at home index (grocery store purchases). Declines within the food at home index were led by the fruits and vegetables index (-2.7 percent).

The food index rose 2.2 percent over the year. The index for food away from home advanced 2.5 percent. The food at home index was up 2.0 percent, with 5 of 6 grocery categories noting increases. A 3.1-percent rise in the meats, poultry, fish, and eggs index led advances within the food at home category.

The energy index increased 8.9 percent for the two months ending in May. Gasoline prices rose 17.7 percent.

From May 2025 to May 2026, the index for energy rose 18.9 percent. Over the year, the gasoline index rose 35.0 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy decreased 1.2 percent in April and May. Among the index’s components, prices were lower for household furnishings and operations (-1.8 percent), medical care commodities, and public transportation. In contrast, prices were higher for medical care services, used cars and trucks (+2.7 percent) and lodging away from home.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 1.3 percent over the year. Components contributing to the increase included medical care services; public transportation; tuition, other school fees, and childcare (+6.3 percent); and apparel (+2.5 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for new and used motor vehicles (-1.4 percent), owners’ equivalent rent of residences (-0.1 percent), and rent of primary residence (-0.3 percent).

The Consumer Price Index for July 2026 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, August 12, 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 May 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	May 2026	May 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026
All items		312.058	-	311.261	2.6	-0.3	-
All items (1967=100)		978.908	-	976.410	-	-	-
Food and beverages		345.666	-	345.534	2.1	0.0	-
Food		342.172	-	342.203	2.2	0.0	-
Food at home		279.711	279.308	278.503	2.0	-0.4	-0.3
Cereals and bakery products		318.209	320.765	319.595	1.5	0.4	-0.4
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		346.255	342.571	346.159	3.1	0.0	1.0
Dairy and related products		240.869	242.910	246.132	3.2	2.2	1.3
Fruits and vegetables		225.690	225.639	219.691	0.0	-2.7	-2.6
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		248.171	245.153	244.610	3.9	-1.4	-0.2
Other food at home		273.070	274.076	272.613	1.0	-0.2	-0.5
Food away from home		439.189	-	441.908	2.5	0.6	-
Alcoholic beverages		382.965	-	378.909	1.2	-1.1	-
Housing		314.729	-	314.373	0.4	-0.1	-
Shelter		350.634	352.130	350.834	-0.1	0.1	-0.4
Rent of primary residence		371.387	371.911	370.565	-0.3	-0.2	-0.4
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		374.734	376.100	374.563	-0.1	0.0	-0.4
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		374.734	376.100	374.563	-0.1	0.0	-0.4
Household furnishings and operations		146.816	-	144.114	0.2	-1.8	-
Apparel		128.043	-	128.720	2.5	0.5	-
Transportation		295.070	-	289.608	6.3	-1.9	-
Private transportation		300.853	-	295.397	5.6	-1.8	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		124.337	-	124.753	-1.4	0.3	-
New vehicles(1)		223.088	-	222.970	-0.2	-0.1	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		408.393	-	419.519	-1.9	2.7	-
Motor fuel		314.319	344.675	369.782	35.3	17.6	7.3
Gasoline (all types)		311.479	341.387	366.573	35.0	17.7	7.4
Unleaded regular(4)		299.257	328.502	353.447	35.9	18.1	7.6
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		336.060	366.643	391.653	32.3	16.5	6.8
Unleaded premium(4)		337.290	366.273	388.593	29.9	15.2	6.1
Medical care		543.264	-	550.551	7.6	1.3	-
Recreation(3)		135.517	-	136.784	0.6	0.9	-
Education and communication(3)		133.077	-	133.056	0.4	0.0	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		100.880	-	100.889	6.3	0.0	-
Other goods and services		527.568	-	528.423	-0.2	0.2	-
(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 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	May 2026	May 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026
All items		312.058	-	311.261	2.6	-0.3	-
Food		342.172	-	342.203	2.2	0.0	-
Energy		334.733	351.541	364.456	18.9	8.9	3.7
All items less food and energy		312.351	-	308.723	1.3	-1.2	-
All items less energy		316.242	-	313.101	1.4	-1.0	-
All items less medical care		300.574	-	299.370	2.1	-0.4	-
All items less shelter		293.799	-	292.580	4.0	-0.4	-
Commodities		212.608	-	215.581	3.4	1.4	-
Commodities less food		163.964	-	167.473	3.8	2.1	-
Commodities less food & beverages		158.465	-	161.985	3.8	2.2	-
Durables		119.331	-	118.806	-1.7	-0.4	-
Nondurables		270.920	-	277.067	6.0	2.3	-
Nondurables less food		218.086	-	228.222	10.1	4.6	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		209.856	-	220.223	10.4	4.9	-
Services		407.865	-	402.651	2.0	-1.3	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		485.400	-	471.481	4.6	-2.9	-
Services less medical care services		389.151	-	382.364	1.0	-1.7	-
(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.