________________________________________________________________________________ | | | PUBLIC NOTIFICATION: Mail-out of the Southwest Statistical Summary | | has been discontinued; see www.bls.gov/ro6/home.htm#notices for details. | |________________________________________________________________________________| CONSUMER PRICE INDEX - FOR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS (CPI-U) U.S. CITY AVERAGE, DALLAS-FORT WORTH, AND HOUSTON (1982-84=100) FEBRUARY 2009 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Houston- | | | U.S. City Average | Dallas-Fort Worth | Galveston-Brazoria | | | | | | | | Percent Change:| Percent Change:| Percent Change:| | | 12- 1- | 12- 1- | 12- 2- | | INDEX ITEMS | Index month month | Index month month | Index month month | |______________________________________|_________________________|_________________________|_________________________| | All Items | 212.193 0.2 0.5 | | 187.972 0.2 1.1 | | | | | | | Food and beverages | 219.333 4.7 -0.2 | | 202.044 5.3 0.2 | | Food | 219.205 4.8 -0.2 | | 201.221 5.3 0.0 | | Food at home | 218.389 4.8 -0.6 | 203.703 5.1 0.4 | 204.169 4.8 -0.5 | | Food away from home | 221.968 4.8 0.3 | | 193.406 5.9 0.5 | | Alcoholic beverages | 219.682 3.6 0.3 | | 205.432 5.2 2.2 | | Housing | 217.180 1.9 0.1 | | 183.922 6.1 1.0 | | Shelter | 248.878 1.7 0.2 | 189.816 3.7 -0.2 | 201.795 4.1 1.4 | | Rent of primary residence 1/ | 248.305 3.3 0.1 | 188.947 4.8 0.1 | 188.192 3.9 0.5 | | Owners' equivalent rent 1/2/ | 255.779 2.1 0.1 | 202.437 4.3 0.1 | 185.420 6.0 1.0 | | Fuels and utilities | 213.520 3.8 -0.8 | | 209.258 15.5 -0.4 | | Gas (piped) and electricity 1/ | 197.886 5.6 -1.0 | 226.122 5.2 -4.8 | 205.787 19.1 -0.3 | | Electricity 1/ | 190.645 9.2 0.1 | 220.894 9.0 -3.2 | 205.966 22.5 1.3 | | Utility (piped) gas service 1/ | 218.459 -3.3 -3.8 | 189.203 -19.6 -16.6 | 194.873 1.0 -9.4 | | Household furnishings & operations | 129.170 1.9 0.3 | | 128.410 6.6 0.5 | | Apparel | 118.825 0.8 3.5 | | 136.712 -6.8 -2.5 | | Transportation | 169.542 -11.0 1.7 | | 147.737 -15.2 3.6 | | Private transportation | 164.871 -11.6 1.9 | | 146.120 -15.7 4.3 | | Motor Fuel | 167.395 -35.4 6.9 | 165.692 -37.4 7.8 | 161.166 -36.8 13.9 | | Gasoline | 166.118 -35.6 7.5 | 164.538 -37.6 8.3 | 160.015 -36.9 16.5 | | Medical care | 372.405 2.8 0.7 | | 350.775 5.7 2.7 | | Recreation 3/ | 114.461 1.9 0.6 | | 107.675 -1.6 -0.4 | | Education & communication 3/ | 126.190 3.6 0.0 | | 110.803 2.4 -0.4 | | Other goods and services | 351.223 3.2 0.3 | | 307.548 4.4 0.7 | | | | | | | Special indexes | | | | | Energy | 178.741 -18.5 2.4 | 197.998 -17.8 0.0 | 182.944 -14.2 5.4 | | All items less shelter | 200.184 -0.5 0.6 | | 182.703 -1.2 1.0 | | All items less food and energy | 217.685 1.8 0.4 | | 189.151 1.5 0.8 | | All items (1967=100) | 635.637 | | 602.894 | |______________________________________|_________________________|_________________________|_________________________| | CPI FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS | | | | | AND CLERICAL WORKERS (CPI-W) | | | | | All Items | 206.708 -0.3 0.5 | |185.015 -0.5 1.1 | | All Items (1967=100) | 615.719 | |590.485 | |______________________________________|_________________________|_________________________|_________________________| 1/ This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January 1999. 2/ Full series title is "owners' equivalent rent of primary residence"; index base is December 1982=100. 3/ Indexes on a December 1997 = 100 base. Note 1: Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston-Galveston-Brazoria are Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Note 2:The food at home, energy, and shelter sub-component indexes are compiled monthly for Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston. Full surveys, which produce the All Items Indexes and major components, are conducted every two months. Full surveys are published for the odd-numbered months for Dallas and for the even-numbered months for Houston. Last updated: March 18, 2009
Last Modified Date: April 15, 2009
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