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Geographic Information > Southwest > Texas > Dallas-Fort Worth

Dallas-Fort Worth

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Dallas-Fort Worth Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jan 2020
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2020
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Southwest Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth Area Employment — November 2019 Employment News Release Jan 2020
Consumer Expenditures for the Dallas Metropolitan Area: 2017–18 Consumer spending News Release Sep 2019
Occupational Employment and Wages in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington – May 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Apr 2019
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Nov 2019
Consumer Price Index, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington — November 2019 Consumer price indexes News Release Dec 2019
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Texas Workplace fatalities Table Dec 2019
Changing Compensation Costs in the Dallas Metropolitan Area – September 2019 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2019
Industry employment and annual change: Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston Employment Table Dec 2019
Consumer Price Index, South Region – December 2019 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2020
Consumer Price Index for Dallas-Fort Worth, Historical (1967=100) Consumer price indexes Table Dec 2019
Consumer Price Index for Dallas-Fort Worth, Historical (1982-84=100) Consumer price indexes Table Dec 2019
Consumer Price Index, Calendar Year Historical, 2015-2019 Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2020
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jan 2020

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Economy at a Glance:

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Data Series Back
Data		 June
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2019		 Oct
2019		 Nov
2019

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 3,984.4 4,003.8 3,986.7 4,010.4 4,030.4 (p)4,061.7

Employment(1)

 3,853.1 3,866.9 3,854.2 3,887.2 3,906.6 (p)3,938.4

Unemployment(1)

 131.3 136.9 132.4 123.2 123.8 (p)123.3

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.1 (p)3.0

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 3,810.1 3,804.5 3,811.2 3,810.3 3,837.2 (p)3,870.4

12-month % change

 3.1 3.4 3.1 3.0 2.9 (p)3.2

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 234.2 236.8 238.5 237.8 242.1 (p)241.9

12-month % change

 5.3 6.1 6.5 6.9 8.5 (p)7.7

Manufacturing(3)

 286.7 288.2 287.8 288.2 283.7 (p)288.7

12-month % change

 2.8 2.9 2.7 2.9 0.7 (p)2.1

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 799.2 800.4 800.2 796.6 805.9 (p)829.5

12-month % change

 2.6 2.5 1.9 1.5 1.7 (p)2.0

Information(3)

 81.4 81.5 82.1 81.2 81.8 (p)82.7

12-month % change

 -3.8 -2.7 -1.2 -0.7 -0.1 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(3)

 312.3 317.6 318.0 319.5 319.6 (p)320.0

12-month % change

 3.3 4.8 4.7 5.4 4.9 (p)5.1

Professional and Business Services(3)

 647.2 653.6 655.1 648.6 648.8 (p)647.4

12-month % change

 4.8 5.0 4.4 3.8 2.7 (p)3.5

Education and Health Services(3)

 461.4 462.8 466.0 466.1 470.9 (p)472.8

12-month % change

 2.5 2.9 2.9 2.8 3.3 (p)4.0

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 411.8 408.3 407.6 402.5 403.9 (p)404.5

12-month % change

 4.2 4.4 3.8 4.0 4.1 (p)4.4

Other Services(3)

 132.5 130.8 129.7 128.0 128.7 (p)128.5

12-month % change

 3.7 3.5 3.1 2.5 2.9 (p)2.5

Government(3)

 443.4 424.5 426.2 441.8 451.8 (p)454.4

12-month % change

 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 (p)1.2

Consumer Price Index: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

CPI-U, All items(4)

   238.891   239.815   238.768

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

     2.3   2.2   1.8

CPI-W, All items(5)

   244.768   245.411   244.253

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

     2.3   2.2   2.0

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary