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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > News Release
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Wednesday, February 12, 2025

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

Area prices rose 1.7 percent in December and January, up 2.8 percent over the year

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area advanced 1.7 percent for the two months ending in January 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the index for all items less food and energy increased 1.9 percent. The energy index rose 2.1 percent and the index for food advanced 0.6 percent over the same 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 2.8 percent for the 12 months ending in January. The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.8 percent, and the index for energy advanced 4.3 percent. Food prices increased 1.8 percent over the year.

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

The food index rose 0.6 percent for the two months ending in January. Prices for food at home (grocery store prices) advanced 1.0 percent over the two-month period, with 4 of the 6 major grocery store food group indexes increasing over this period. The meats, poultry, fish, and eggs index rose 2.7 percent, and the other food at home index advanced 1.7 percent. Prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 0.2 percent over the same period.

Food prices advanced 1.8 percent over the year. Prices for food away from home increased 3.7 percent, and prices for food at home rose 0.1 percent.

Energy

The energy index increased 2.1 percent for the two-month pricing period. Gasoline prices advanced 3.5 percent.

From January 2024 to January 2025, energy prices were up 4.3 percent.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.9 percent in December and January. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for shelter (+1.0 percent), recreation (+2.4 percent), and medical care (+0.9 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for education and communication (-1.9 percent) and household furnishings and operations (-0.5 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.8 percent over the year. Components contributing to the rise included shelter (+4.1 percent) and medical care (+1.1 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for education and communication (-2.6 percent) and new and used motor vehicles (-1.3 percent).

The March 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area is scheduled to be released on Thursday, April 10, 2025.

Publication updates and changes

In accordance with annual practice, relative importance weights have been updated and are available online in the CPI Supplemental Table of Contents.

Effective with the January 2025 data release, several indexes and average price series were discontinued. More information is available on the CPI discontinued series page. Direct any inquiries to the CPI office using one of the CPI contact information options listed online.


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

 Indexes Percent change from:
Historical
data		 Nov.
2024		 Dec.
2024		 Jan.
2025		 Jan.
2024		 Nov.
2024		 Dec.
2024

All items

 299.096 - 304.320 2.8 1.7 -

All items (1967=100)

 938.248 - 954.636 - - -

Food and beverages

 334.416 - 336.436 1.7 0.6 -

Food

 330.205 - 332.351 1.8 0.6 -

Food at home

 268.190 268.904 270.913 0.1 1.0 0.7

Cereals and bakery products

 315.070 315.987 318.860 -0.7 1.2 0.9

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 321.028 327.027 329.730 5.0 2.7 0.8

Dairy and related products

 243.007 243.804 243.406 5.6 0.2 -0.2

Fruits and vegetables

 216.163 216.403 214.923 -9.4 -0.6 -0.7

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

 234.792 224.745 232.964 -0.8 -0.8 3.7

Other food at home

 262.777 266.055 267.359 0.9 1.7 0.5

Food away from home

 427.159 - 428.058 3.7 0.2 -

Alcoholic beverages

 381.949 - 381.778 0.5 0.0 -

Housing

 309.299 - 311.701 3.8 0.8 -

Shelter

 347.924 349.953 351.438 4.1 1.0 0.4

Rent of primary residence

 370.951 371.656 372.293 3.2 0.4 0.2

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

 372.700 375.276 375.502 4.0 0.8 0.1

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

 372.700 375.276 375.502 4.0 0.8 0.1

Household furnishings and operations

 139.015 - 138.285 -0.9 -0.5 -

Apparel

 116.840 - 116.894 -1.1 0.0 -

Transportation

 265.956 - 286.758 5.4 7.8 -

Private transportation

 271.758 - 294.596 5.4 8.4 -

New and used motor vehicles(3)

 125.329 - 125.955 -1.3 0.5 -

New vehicles(1)

 221.620 - 222.593 -0.8 0.4 -

Used cars and trucks(1)

 419.078 - 422.946 -0.3 0.9 -

Motor fuel

 252.965 252.026 262.086 0.2 3.6 4.0

Gasoline (all types)

 250.968 249.890 259.804 0.2 3.5 4.0

Unleaded regular(4)

 240.070 238.979 248.745 0.1 3.6 4.1

Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

 274.002 273.259 282.643 0.7 3.2 3.4

Unleaded premium(4)

 278.939 278.123 287.248 0.8 3.0 3.3

Medical care

 509.564 - 513.945 1.1 0.9 -

Recreation(3)

 132.492 - 135.669 -0.4 2.4 -

Education and communication(3)

 133.832 - 131.325 -2.6 -1.9 -

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)

 - - 1,492.039 -0.1 - -

Other goods and services

 520.068 - 527.710 1.6 1.5 -

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

 Indexes Percent change from:
Historical
data		 Nov.
2024		 Dec.
2024		 Jan.
2025		 Jan.
2024		 Nov.
2024		 Dec.
2024

All items

 299.096 - 304.320 2.8 1.7 -

Food

 330.205 - 332.351 1.8 0.6 -

Energy

 293.891 294.164 300.028 4.3 2.1 2.0

All items less food and energy

 301.361 - 307.070 2.8 1.9 -

All items less energy

 305.160 - 310.409 2.7 1.7 -

All items less medical care

 288.692 - 293.969 2.9 1.8 -

All items less shelter

 276.437 - 282.446 2.0 2.2 -

Commodities

 203.897 - 205.675 0.2 0.9 -

Commodities less food

 156.983 - 158.553 -0.8 1.0 -

Commodities less food & beverages

 151.515 - 153.101 -0.9 1.0 -

Durables

 119.432 - 119.264 -2.5 -0.1 -

Nondurables

 254.531 - 257.784 1.3 1.3 -

Nondurables less food

 199.098 - 203.023 0.6 2.0 -

Nondurables less food & beverages

 190.646 - 194.729 0.6 2.1 -

Services

 390.980 - 399.599 4.2 2.2 -

Services less rent of shelter(1)

 445.757 - 461.968 4.1 3.6 -

Services less medical care services

 374.505 - 383.613 4.5 2.4 -

(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: Wednesday, February 12, 2025