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Friday, February 13, 2026

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Consumer Price Index, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area — January 2026

Area prices were up 0.3 percent in December and January, down 0.3 percent over the year

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.

  Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Dallas, January 2023 - January 2025
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Food

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.

Energy

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.

All items less food and energy

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.


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 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.

 

Last Modified Date: Friday, February 13, 2026