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Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators

 

CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. City Average, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, and Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, February 2024 (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted) (PDF format: not updated until mid-morning on release day)
Item and group U.S. City Average
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land
Index Percent change
Index Percent change
Index Percent change
Feb.
2024
12-
month
1-
month
2-
month
Feb.
2024
12-
month
1-
month
2-
month
Feb.
2024
12-
month
1-
month
2-
month

All items

310.326 3.2 0.6 1.2         272.772 3.5   1.0

Food and beverages

325.190 2.2 0.1 0.7         299.961 4.6   0.9

Food

327.731 2.2 0.1 0.7         302.465 4.6   0.7

Food at home

305.469 1.0 0.1 0.8 273.311 2.7 1.0 0.3 292.243 3.6 0.0 0.5

Cereals and bakery products

356.633 1.7 0.6 0.8 321.852 4.8 0.3 0.0 352.242 4.2 -2.6 1.9

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

320.096 -0.5 0.1 0.0 324.255 3.8 3.3 1.2 307.817 -1.5 -0.5 0.5

Dairy and related products

267.334 -1.8 -0.6 -0.2 236.177 1.4 2.5 1.1 244.494 6.2 2.6 6.9

Fruits and vegetables

353.965 0.8 -0.2 1.1 234.599 0.6 -1.1 -1.0 366.451 11.0 -1.3 -0.8

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

220.956 2.3 0.2 2.4 234.350 1.8 -0.2 -1.1 350.873 1.8 -0.7 -2.3

Other food at home

272.768 2.3 0.4 0.9 267.347 3.1 0.9 0.9 256.435 1.9 2.4 0.1

Food away from home

363.596 4.5 0.1 0.6         308.301 6.0   0.9

Alcoholic beverages

289.220 2.4 0.2 0.5         246.216 3.5   2.6

Housing

329.704 4.5 0.5 1.2         268.579 4.2   -0.2

Shelter

393.906 5.7 0.5 1.1 340.096 6.4 0.7 0.9 325.035 4.9 -0.1 -0.2

Rent of primary residence

413.695 5.8 0.4 0.8 363.350 5.9 0.8 1.2 322.082 4.6 -0.3 0.0

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)

404.656 6.0 0.4 1.0 364.108 7.0 0.8 0.9 305.426 5.2 -0.4 0.1

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)

404.709 6.0 0.4 1.0 364.108 7.0 0.8 0.9 305.426 5.2 -0.4 0.1

Fuels and utilities

314.229 1.4 0.2 2.4         195.447 1.3   0.0

Household energy

263.961 0.2 0.1 2.6 309.772 4.6 0.2 0.0 165.260 -0.3 -0.5 -0.3

Energy Services

267.662 0.5 0.1 2.6 306.069 4.7 0.2 0.0 162.057 -0.2 -0.6 -0.3

Electricity

276.384 3.6 -0.1 2.7 284.546 2.3 0.2 0.0 154.226 -1.7 0.0 0.3

Utility (piped) gas service

236.218 -8.8 0.7 2.3 337.349 17.0 0.5 0.2 182.420 6.0 -3.2 -3.2

Household furnishings & operations

147.915 -0.6 0.2 0.9         155.716 0.9   -0.5

Apparel

131.985 0.0 3.2 4.9         191.392 5.8   6.7

Transportation

266.638 2.7 1.7 1.2         237.938 5.6   3.3

Private transportation

265.965 3.0 1.6 1.0         240.606 6.1   3.0

New and used motor vehicles(3)

124.762 -0.3 0.6 -1.0         103.055 0.5   -0.2

New vehicles(1)

178.592 0.4 0.0 0.2         196.418 0.0   0.0

Used cars and trucks(1)

180.006 -1.8 0.3 -3.4         296.481 -1.8   -3.8

Motor fuel

289.546 -4.2 4.3 2.6 276.105 -2.2 5.6 9.9 253.505 -4.5 6.5 7.7

Gasoline (all types)

287.943 -3.9 4.3 2.7 273.507 -2.1 5.5 9.9 253.033 -4.3 6.6 7.8

Motor vehicle insurance(1)

806.444 20.6 1.5 3.4                

Medical care

557.236 1.4 0.0 0.7         547.940 0.1   2.8

Recreation(3)

138.322 2.1 0.4 1.1         128.590 -2.5   0.8

Education and communication(3)

145.966 0.4 0.4 0.8         120.056 -0.6   -0.1

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)

851.283 3.0 0.3 0.5         1,322.779 1.7   0.4

Other goods and services

551.150 4.7 0.0 0.8         471.514 2.7   -0.4

SPECIAL INDEXES (CPI-U)

Energy

276.331 -1.9 2.2 2.6 295.625 1.9 2.8 4.7 205.070 -2.2 3.4 4.2

All items less shelter

281.119 1.8 0.7 1.2         252.622 2.7   1.7

All items less food and energy

315.419 3.8 0.6 1.1         279.897 3.7   0.7

All items (1967 = 100)

929.598               874.880      

CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS
AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI-W)

All items

304.284 3.1 0.7 1.2         268.902 3.6   1.2

All items (1967 = 100)

906.369               858.215      

Footnotes
(1) For Dallas, indexes on a February 1978=100 base. For Houston, indexes on an April 1978=100 base.
(2) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
(3) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.

Note: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households. The indexes for food at home, energy, and shelter are compiled monthly for Dallas and Houston. Full surveys, which produce the All Items Indexes and major components, are compiled every two months. These full surveys are published for the odd-numbered months for Dallas and for the even-numbered months for Houston.

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