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
2007		 Jun
2008		 Jul
2008		 Percent change
Annual
average
2006 to
2007		 12 months
ended
Jun
2008		 Jul
2008

U.S. City Average
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 207.342 218.815 219.964 2.8 5.0 5.6

South (1)

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 200.361 212.324 213.304 2.9 5.3 5.8

South City Size Class (population)

  

A (over 1.5 million)
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 202.825 214.359 215.373 3.1 5.0 5.6

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

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 127.422 134.980 135.643 2.8 5.2 5.8

D (less than 50,000)
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 200.203 214.739 215.274 2.6 6.6 6.8
 

Metropolitan areas

  

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (3)

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 193.245   206.413 1.7   6.2

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX (3)

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 183.838 193.567   1.8 4.9  

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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