Southwest - Consumer Prices

 

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, all items, in the U.S., South, and selected metropolitan areas
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Area

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data		 Annual
average
2008		 Sep
2009		 Oct
2009		 Percent change
Annual
average
2007 to
2008		 12 months
ended
Sep
2009		 Oct
2009

U.S. City Average
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 215.303 215.969 216.177 3.8 -1.3 -0.2

South (1)

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 208.681 208.912 209.292 4.2 -1.8 -0.4

South City Size Class (population)

  

A (over 1.5 million)
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 211.040 211.212 211.152 4.1 -1.7 -0.7

B/C (50,000-1.5 million) (2)

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 132.616 132.722 133.035 4.1 -1.8 -0.2

D (less than 50,000)
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 210.061 210.911 212.423 4.9 -2.0 -0.3
 

Metropolitan areas

  

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (3)

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 201.791 201.802   4.4 -2.0  

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX (3)

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 189.967   191.608 3.3   0.2

Footnotes
(1) The South region includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
(2) December 1996=100.
(3) Published in alternate months.

SOURCE: Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.
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