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Bureau of Labor Statistics > 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 Mar 2021
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2021
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Southwest Consumer price indexes Table Apr 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth Area Employment — February 2021 Employment News Release Apr 2021
Consumer Expenditures for the Dallas Metropolitan Area: 2018–19 Consumer spending News Release Nov 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington – May 2019 Employment, Pay News Release Apr 2020
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Oct 2020
Consumer Price Index, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area – March 2021 Consumer price indexes News Release Apr 2021
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Texas Workplace fatalities Table Dec 2020
Changing Compensation Costs in the Dallas Metropolitan Area – December 2020 Benefits, Pay News Release Jan 2021
Industry employment and annual change: Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston Employment Table Mar 2021
Consumer Price Index, South Region – March 2021 Consumer price indexes News Release Apr 2021
Consumer Price Index for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Historical (1967=100) Consumer price indexes Table Apr 2021
Consumer Price Index for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Historical (1982-84=100) Consumer price indexes Table Apr 2021
Consumer Price Index, Calendar Year Historical, 2016-2020 Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2021
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Apr 2021

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

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Data Series Back
Data		 Oct
2020		 Nov
2020		 Dec
2020		 Jan
2021		 Feb
2021		 Mar
2021

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)4,064.5 (2)4,033.7 (2)4,068.0 4,026.4 (p)4,015.5  

Employment(1)

 (2)3,812.9 (2)3,783.6 (2)3,825.7 3,763.7 (p)3,741.9  

Unemployment(1)

 (2)251.6 (2)250.2 (2)242.3 262.7 (p)273.6  

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)6.2 (2)6.2 (2)6.0 6.5 (p)6.8  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 3,700.0 3,730.8 3,755.0 3,701.8 3,694.6 (p)3,723.2

12-month % change

 -3.8 -3.9 -3.2 -3.0 -3.8 (p)-2.5

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

 221.7 220.5 219.3 216.4 214.6 (p)218.4

12-month % change

 -2.9 -3.3 -3.2 -3.6 -4.9 (p)-3.2

Manufacturing(4)

 279.8 279.8 281.0 280.8 279.4 (p)281.6

12-month % change

 -2.3 -3.8 -3.6 -3.2 -4.0 (p)-2.9

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 813.1 828.0 837.1 810.5 807.6 (p)809.2

12-month % change

 0.7 -0.6 0.0 0.4 0.8 (p)1.2

Information(4)

 78.0 78.1 78.9 79.1 79.2 (p)79.2

12-month % change

 -5.1 -5.6 -4.9 -4.8 -4.7 (p)-3.6

Financial Activities(4)

 328.0 329.6 328.4 326.4 327.0 (p)328.5

12-month % change

 1.5 1.6 1.0 0.7 0.4 (p)0.8

Professional and Business Services(4)

 630.0 638.1 646.0 645.2 636.0 (p)643.1

12-month % change

 -4.2 -3.6 -1.4 -0.6 -3.0 (p)-1.0

Education and Health Services(4)

 449.9 449.1 454.1 449.6 449.7 (p)452.5

12-month % change

 -4.0 -4.4 -3.4 -3.6 -4.4 (p)-3.5

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 331.5 336.3 338.4 330.8 332.9 (p)342.5

12-month % change

 -17.7 -15.8 -15.6 -15.7 -16.0 (p)-12.0

Other Services(4)

 112.2 115.0 114.6 114.0 113.8 (p)115.7

12-month % change

 -13.5 -11.6 -11.6 -9.9 -11.5 (p)-8.3

Government(4)

 455.8 456.3 457.2 449.0 454.4 (p)452.5

12-month % change

 -0.6 -1.2 -0.8 -1.3 -1.5 (p)-2.1

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

CPI-U, All items(5)

   239.544   242.513   246.995

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

     0.3   1.5   3.4

CPI-W, All items(6)

   244.652   248.287   253.289

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(6)

     0.2   1.5   3.8

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data were subject to revision on April 16, 2021.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(5) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(6) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary