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Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Houston Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Apr 2019
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2019
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Southwest Consumer price indexes Table Apr 2019
Consumer Price Index, Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land – February 2019 Consumer price indexes News Release Mar 2019
Consumer Expenditures for the Houston Area: 2015–16 Consumer spending News Release Nov 2017
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Nov 2018
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Texas Workplace fatalities Table Dec 2018
Industry employment and annual change: Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston Employment Table Mar 2019
Consumer Price Index, South Region – March 2019 Consumer price indexes News Release Apr 2019
Consumer Price Index for Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Historical (1967=100) Consumer price indexes Table Mar 2019
Consumer Price Index for Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Historical (1982-84=100) Consumer price indexes Table Mar 2019
Consumer Price Index, Calendar Year Historical, 2014-2018 Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2019
Changing Compensation Costs in the Houston Metropolitan Area – December 2018 Benefits, Pay News Release Feb 2019
Houston Area Employment — January 2019 Employment News Release Mar 2019
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Apr 2019
Occupational Employment and Wages in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land – May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release Apr 2018

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Economy at a Glance:

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
Data Series Back
Data		 Oct
2018		 Nov
2018		 Dec
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2019		 Mar
2019

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (r)3,403.8 (r)3,420.6 (r)3,423.9 3,423.2 (p)3,449.1  

Employment(1)

 (r)3,272.3 (r)3,290.1 (r)3,289.3 3,268.3 (p)3,304.5  

Unemployment(1)

 (r)131.5 (r)130.5 (r)134.6 154.9 (p)144.6  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 (r)3.9 (r)3.8 (r)3.9 4.5 (p)4.2  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 3,121.7 3,137.6 3,137.7 3,093.4 3,117.7 (p)3,132.0

12-month % change

 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.8 2.3 (p)2.2

Mining and Logging(3)

 81.4 81.3 81.0 80.8 82.2 (p)82.4

12-month % change

 4.5 4.6 4.0 4.8 5.5 (p)5.1

Construction(3)

 227.1 226.8 222.9 217.8 221.7 (p)221.1

12-month % change

 4.7 5.0 4.2 3.8 2.4 (p)1.0

Manufacturing(3)

 231.9 234.4 235.8 235.6 240.8 (p)241.2

12-month % change

 4.6 5.1 5.2 6.2 7.6 (p)7.3

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 628.7 641.2 644.7 627.6 621.2 (p)621.2

12-month % change

 1.9 1.6 1.3 1.4 0.6 (p)0.5

Information(3)

 31.3 31.7 31.8 31.1 30.9 (p)30.9

12-month % change

 0.3 0.6 -0.6 -1.9 -2.5 (p)-2.5

Financial Activities(3)

 165.2 164.3 164.1 164.3 164.6 (p)164.5

12-month % change

 1.5 1.0 0.7 1.6 1.2 (p)1.1

Professional and Business Services(3)

 498.5 502.3 500.5 495.8 502.9 (p)505.0

12-month % change

 2.1 3.0 2.9 3.2 3.3 (p)3.2

Education and Health Services(3)

 397.8 399.4 398.6 396.5 400.6 (p)401.1

12-month % change

 2.7 2.7 2.3 3.1 2.8 (p)2.7

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 327.6 321.7 323.5 317.3 316.2 (p)325.0

12-month % change

 4.5 2.3 2.6 2.1 0.0 (p)0.9

Other Services(3)

 113.8 113.4 112.7 113.2 115.6 (p)117.1

12-month % change

 2.7 2.3 2.6 5.2 5.8 (p)6.5

Government(3)

 418.4 421.1 422.1 413.4 421.0 (p)422.5

12-month % change

 1.7 1.4 1.4 2.2 1.3 (p)1.2

Consumer Price Index: Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

CPI-U, All items(4)

 228.070   226.557   226.804  

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

   2.2   2.3   0.9  

CPI-W, All items(5)

 224.175   221.965   221.664  

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

   2.5   2.0   0.4  

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
(r) Revised