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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > News Release
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25-1277-DAL
Tuesday, August 12, 2025

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Consumer Price Index, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area — July 2025

Area prices fell 0.3 percent in June and July, up 0.9 percent over the year

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area fell 0.3 percent for the two months ending in July 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that declines were led by a 0.4-percent decrease in the index for all items less food and energy. The index for energy was down 0.2 percent, while the index for food was up 0.4 percent over the two-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 increased 0.9 percent for the 12 months ending in July. The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.0 percent, and the index for food advanced 2.0 percent. The energy index declined 2.5 percent over the year.

  Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Dallas, July 2022 - July 2025
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Food

The index for food increased 0.4 percent for the two months ending in July. Prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) advanced 0.9 percent, while prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) declined 0.1 percent for the same period. Within the food at home index, falling prices for other food at home and fruits and vegetables contributed to the decline, decreasing 3.5 percent and 1.3 percent, respectively. The index for nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials led increases in the index (+3.9 percent), followed by the index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+1.1 percent). 

Food prices rose 2.0 percent over the year, led by a 4.1 percent advance in the index for food away from home. The index for food at home was up 0.3 percent, with 3 of 6 grocery categories contributing. Within the index for food at home, prices for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs led the increases, up 4.3 percent over the year. Prices paid for fruits and vegetables were down 4.8 percent over the same period.

Energy

The energy index declined 0.2 percent for the two months ending in July. Prices paid for gasoline fell 1.2 percent over the same period.

From July 2024 to July 2025, energy prices decreased 2.5 percent. The index for gasoline fell 10.0 percent over the year.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy were down 0.4 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were lower for shelter (-0.9 percent), recreation (-1.3 percent), and apparel (-2.3 percent). In contrast, prices were higher for medical care (+0.9 percent) and education and communication (+1.0 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 1.0 percent over the year. Components contributing to the increase included household furnishings and operations (+5.8 percent), medical care services, and owners’ equivalent rent of residence (+0.5 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for education and communication (-4.1 percent) and rent of primary residence (-0.7 percent).

The September 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, October 15, 2025.

Changes to the CPI

With this release, BLS has replaced survey data collected for the CPI's wireless telephone services index with secondary source data and non-traditional index methods. Additional information is available on the CPI website, www.bls.gov/cpi/additional-resources/alternative-data-wireless-telephone.htm, and in a new factsheet "Measuring Price Change in the CPI: Wireless Telephone Services," www.bls.gov/cpi/factsheets/wireless-telephone-service.htm.

With the release of October 2025 data on November 13, 2025, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will remove long-term care (LTC) insurance from the health insurance index. Changes in the market for LTC insurance have made it out of scope and ineligible for pricing in the CPI market basket.


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.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

Table 1. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, CPI-U by expenditure category for July 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Expenditure category

 Indexes Percent change from:
Historical
data		 May
2025		 Jun.
2025		 Jul.
2025		 Jul.
2024		 May
2025		 Jun.
2025

All items

 303.355 - 302.413 0.9 -0.3 -

All items (1967=100)

 951.608 - 948.652 - - -

Food and beverages

 338.519 - 339.448 1.7 0.3 -

Food

 334.987 - 336.205 2.0 0.4 -

Food at home

 273.168 273.923 272.882 0.3 -0.1 -0.4

Cereals and bakery products

 314.797 317.156 318.983 2.1 1.3 0.6

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 335.828 338.491 339.433 4.3 1.1 0.3

Dairy and related products

 238.452 243.268 242.362 -1.3 1.6 -0.4

Fruits and vegetables

 219.753 217.345 216.816 -4.8 -1.3 -0.2

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

 235.438 245.336 244.541 4.7 3.9 -0.3

Other food at home

 269.819 264.519 260.261 -2.5 -3.5 -1.6

Food away from home

 431.245 - 435.297 4.1 0.9 -

Alcoholic beverages

 374.583 - 370.646 -3.1 -1.1 -

Housing

 312.996 - 311.046 1.4 -0.6 -

Shelter

 351.073 347.704 347.865 0.4 -0.9 0.0

Rent of primary residence

 371.866 368.080 367.865 -0.7 -1.1 -0.1

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

 375.084 372.449 373.038 0.5 -0.5 0.2

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

 375.084 372.449 373.038 0.5 -0.5 0.2

Household furnishings and operations

 143.832 - 144.702 5.8 0.6 -

Apparel

 125.530 - 122.590 3.8 -2.3 -

Transportation

 272.317 - 270.958 -1.0 -0.5 -

Private transportation

 279.620 - 278.934 -1.5 -0.2 -

New and used motor vehicles(3)

 126.470 - 126.412 -0.2 0.0 -

New vehicles(1)

 223.347 - 222.935 0.2 -0.2 -

Used cars and trucks(1)

 427.834 - 437.481 4.5 2.3 -

Motor fuel

 273.322 270.901 270.563 -9.9 -1.0 -0.1

Gasoline (all types)

 271.536 269.072 268.408 -10.0 -1.2 -0.2

Unleaded regular(4)

 260.117 257.721 256.969 -10.4 -1.2 -0.3

Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

 295.955 293.245 293.126 -8.4 -1.0 0.0

Unleaded premium(4)

 299.157 296.704 296.738 -7.5 -0.8 0.0

Medical care

 511.678 - 516.069 2.3 0.9 -

Recreation(3)

 135.991 - 134.253 1.1 -1.3 -

Education and communication(3)

 132.501 - 133.843 -4.1 1.0 -

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)

 1,492.600 - 1,521.559 - 1.9 -

Other goods and services

 529.486 - 531.267 1.5 0.3 -

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

 Indexes Percent change from:
Historical
data		 May
2025		 Jun.
2025		 Jul.
2025		 Jul.
2024		 May
2025		 Jun.
2025

All items

 303.355 - 302.413 0.9 -0.3 -

Food

 334.987 - 336.205 2.0 0.4 -

Energy

 306.527 305.581 305.909 -2.5 -0.2 0.1

All items less food and energy

 304.890 - 303.581 1.0 -0.4 -

All items less energy

 308.845 - 307.860 1.1 -0.3 -

All items less medical care

 293.070 - 291.839 0.8 -0.4 -

All items less shelter

 281.201 - 281.314 1.1 0.0 -

Commodities

 208.521 - 208.529 0.2 0.0 -

Commodities less food

 161.314 - 160.972 -1.0 -0.2 -

Commodities less food & beverages

 156.010 - 155.735 -0.9 -0.2 -

Durables

 120.863 - 121.173 0.6 0.3 -

Nondurables

 261.395 - 261.145 0.1 -0.1 -

Nondurables less food

 207.233 - 205.994 -2.2 -0.6 -

Nondurables less food & beverages

 199.408 - 198.288 -2.2 -0.6 -

Services

 394.850 - 392.971 1.3 -0.5 -

Services less rent of shelter(1)

 450.593 - 451.313 2.5 0.2 -

Services less medical care services

 378.634 - 376.239 1.1 -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.

 

Last Modified Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2025