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Thursday, April 10, 2025

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Consumer Price Index, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington – March 2025

Area prices fell 0.4 percent in February and March, up 1.4 percent over the year

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area was down 0.4 percent for the two months ending in March 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that a 0.6-percent decrease in the index for all items less food and energy drove most of this decline. The energy index fell 0.1 percent, while the index for food rose 0.2 percent in February and March. (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 1.4 percent for the 12 months ending in March. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 1.6 percent over the year, and food prices rose 1.5 percent. The energy index decreased 1.2 percent.

  Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Dallas, March 2022 - March 2024
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Food

Food prices advanced 0.2 percent for the two months ending in March. The index for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 0.4 percent, while the index for food at home (grocery store purchases) was unchanged for the same period. Within the food at home category, the nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials index and the fruits and vegetables index had notable increases, advancing 2.0 percent and 0.9 percent, respectively. Declines entirely offset gains, with the indexes for other food at home (-0.9 percent) and meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (-0.7 percent) contributing most. 

The index for food rose 1.5 percent over the year. Prices for food away from home advanced 3.5 percent, while prices for food at home decreased 0.1 percent. The index for fruits and vegetables contributed most to the 12-month decline in the food at home category, falling 5.6 percent.

Energy

The energy index decreased 0.1 percent for the two months ending in March. Prices paid for gasoline increased 0.1 percent for the same period.

From March 2024 to March 2025, energy prices fell 1.2 percent. The index for gasoline declined 12.4 percent over the year.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy decreased 0.6 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were lower for medical care (-0.6 percent), public transportation, and lodging away from home. In contrast, prices were higher for household furnishings and operations (+6.2 percent), apparel (+6.2 percent), and owners’ equivalent rent of residence (+0.5 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 1.6 percent over the year. Components contributing to the rise included shelter (+3.0 percent) and household furnishings and operations (+4.9 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for education and communication (-3.5 percent), new and used motor vehicles (-2.2 percent), and medical care services.

The May 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.


Technical Note

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 March 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Expenditure category

 Indexes Percent change from:
Historical
data		 Jan.
2025		 Feb.
2025		 Mar.
2025		 Mar.
2024		 Jan.
2025		 Feb.
2025

All items

 304.320 - 303.017 1.4 -0.4 -

All items (1967=100)

 954.636 - 950.547 - - -

Food and beverages

 336.436 - 336.692 1.4 0.1 -

Food

 332.351 - 332.875 1.5 0.2 -

Food at home

 270.913 273.844 270.885 -0.1 0.0 -1.1

Cereals and bakery products

 318.860 315.636 320.086 -0.5 0.4 1.4

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 329.730 341.587 327.561 2.1 -0.7 -4.1

Dairy and related products

 243.406 245.843 242.170 6.1 -0.5 -1.5

Fruits and vegetables

 214.923 220.505 216.958 -5.6 0.9 -1.6

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

 232.964 233.093 237.630 2.7 2.0 1.9

Other food at home

 267.359 265.596 264.854 -1.7 -0.9 -0.3

Food away from home

 428.058 - 429.613 3.5 0.4 -

Alcoholic beverages

 381.778 - 377.592 -0.3 -1.1 -

Housing

 311.701 - 314.442 3.7 0.9 -

Shelter

 351.438 351.803 352.743 3.0 0.4 0.3

Rent of primary residence

 372.293 374.129 373.631 2.3 0.4 -0.1

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

 375.502 376.174 377.355 3.1 0.5 0.3

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

 375.502 376.174 377.355 3.1 0.5 0.3

Household furnishings and operations

 138.285 - 146.834 4.9 6.2 -

Apparel

 116.894 - 124.156 3.0 6.2 -

Transportation

 286.758 - 269.335 -2.3 -6.1 -

Private transportation

 294.596 - 276.390 -2.4 -6.2 -

New and used motor vehicles(3)

 125.955 - 126.020 -2.2 0.1 -

New vehicles(1)

 222.593 - 222.996 -0.2 0.2 -

Used cars and trucks(1)

 422.946 - 424.320 -0.6 0.3 -

Motor fuel

 262.086 260.514 262.168 -12.5 0.0 0.6

Gasoline (all types)

 259.804 258.267 260.163 -12.4 0.1 0.7

Unleaded regular(4)

 248.745 247.252 249.118 -12.9 0.1 0.8

Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

 282.643 281.108 283.250 -10.8 0.2 0.8

Unleaded premium(4)

 287.248 285.695 287.419 -9.8 0.1 0.6

Medical care

 513.945 - 510.830 -0.7 -0.6 -

Recreation(3)

 135.669 - 135.904 0.4 0.2 -

Education and communication(3)

 131.325 - 131.959 -3.5 0.5 -

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)

 1,492.039 - 1,492.600 3.0 0.0 -

Other goods and services

 527.710 - 525.601 0.9 -0.4 -

(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 March 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Special aggregate index

 Indexes Percent change from:
Historical
data		 Jan.
2025		 Feb.
2025		 Mar.
2025		 Mar.
2024		 Jan.
2025		 Feb.
2025

All items

 304.320 - 303.017 1.4 -0.4 -

Food

 332.351 - 332.875 1.5 0.2 -

Energy

 300.028 300.542 299.754 -1.2 -0.1 -0.3

All items less food and energy

 307.070 - 305.378 1.6 -0.6 -

All items less energy

 310.409 - 309.001 1.6 -0.5 -

All items less medical care

 293.969 - 292.759 1.6 -0.4 -

All items less shelter

 282.446 - 279.928 0.5 -0.9 -

Commodities

 205.675 - 207.673 -0.3 1.0 -

Commodities less food

 158.553 - 160.874 -1.6 1.5 -

Commodities less food & beverages

 153.101 - 155.514 -1.7 1.6 -

Durables

 119.264 - 121.898 -0.5 2.2 -

Nondurables

 257.784 - 259.030 -0.3 0.5 -

Nondurables less food

 203.023 - 204.738 -2.4 0.8 -

Nondurables less food & beverages

 194.729 - 196.688 -2.7 1.0 -

Services

 399.599 - 395.023 2.4 -1.1 -

Services less rent of shelter(1)

 461.968 - 448.229 1.6 -3.0 -

Services less medical care services

 383.613 - 378.939 2.8 -1.2 -

(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.

 

Last Modified Date: Thursday, April 10, 2025