Annual Percent Changes for Calendar
Years 2004 - 2008*
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
U.S. City Average, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, and
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX
U.S. City Average | Dallas-Fort Worth * | Houston-Galveston | |||||||||||||
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
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All Items | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 3.9 | -0.2 |
Food and beverages | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 4.8 | 6.0 |
Food | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 4.8 | 6.1 |
Food at home | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 6.8 | 5.5 |
Food away from home | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 6.9 |
Alcoholic beverages | 2.8 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | -1.8 | 8.6 | 1.2 | 10.0 | 0.2 | 6.8 | 0.3 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
Housing | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 5.2 | -1.1 | 1.9 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 7.1 |
Shelter | 2.7 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 1.9 | -0.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 2.5 | -0.1 | 1.9 | 5.2 |
Rent of primary residence 1/ | 2.9 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.4 | -2.5 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 6.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 5.0 |
Owners' equivalent rent 1/2/ | 2.3 | 2.5 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 6.1 |
Fuels and utilities | 7.9 | 15.6 | 0.5 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 9.5 | 27.2 | -8.3 | 2.7 | 11.0 | 6.2 | 28.4 | 3.8 | -4.4 | 16.2 |
Gas (piped) and electricity 1/ | 6.8 | 17.6 | -0.6 | 3.4 | 7.7 | 10.7 | 34.7 | -11.2 | 2.7 | 13.2 | 5.5 | 33.3 | 3.9 | -6.8 | 19.7 |
Electricity 1/ | 2.1 | 10.7 | 7.5 | 5.2 | 8.6 | 11.3 | 24.7 | -1.0 | 1.2 | 13.5 | 0.5 | 36.0 | 11.4 | -10.0 | 20.0 |
Utility (piped) gas service 1/ | 16.4 | 30.2 | -14.2 | -0.4 | 5.5 | 8.5 | 70.3 | -42.1 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 28.2 | 23.7 | -30.7 | 17.2 | 18.0 |
HH furnishings and operations | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | -0.7 | 2.0 | -0.5 | 6.9 | 0.0 | -1.4 | 2.6 | 1.0 | -0.3 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 6.6 |
Apparel | -0.2 | -1.1 | 0.9 | -0.3 | -1.0 | 3.6 | -1.1 | 6.1 | 4.3 | -11.9 | -1.0 | 3.3 | -3.4 | 1.2 | -5.3 |
Transportation | 6.5 | 4.8 | 1.6 | 8.3 | -13.3 | 6.2 | 6.9 | -2.4 | 10.5 | -8.5 | 6.5 | 7.4 | -1.1 | 9.2 | -17.9 |
Private transportation | 7.0 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 8.3 | -14.4 | 6.3 | 6.9 | -2.1 | 10.8 | -9.2 | 7.0 | 7.2 | -1.0 | 8.7 | -18.8 |
Motor fuel | 26.1 | 16.2 | 6.4 | 29.5 | -42.2 | 37.7 | 20.3 | -8.2 | 39.2 | -30.9 | 27.1 | 22.6 | 2.7 | 30.9 | -43.5 |
Gasoline | 26.1 | 16.1 | 6.4 | 29.6 | -43.1 | 37.7 | 20.1 | -8.2 | 39.4 | -31.4 | 27.1 | 22.6 | 2.8 | 30.9 | -44.9 |
Medical care | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 11.2 | 4.9 | 1.6 |
Recreation 3/ | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.8 | -1.6 | 1.7 | 1.1 | -2.6 | 4.0 | 3.5 | -1.9 | 2.3 | 3.7 | -2.7 |
Education & Communication 3/ | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
Other Goods and Services | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 8.2 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 8.6 | 4.2 |
Special indexes: | |||||||||||||||
All items less food and energy | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 1.3 |
All items less shelter | 3.5 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 4.5 | -0.8 | 3.4 | 5.9 | 0.3 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 1.7 | 4.7 | -2.1 |
Energy | 16.6 | 17.0 | 2.9 | 17.4 | -21.3 | 23.0 | 27.2 | -9.8 | 19.9 | -10.5 | 15.4 | 27.8 | 3.5 | 10.4 | -17.7 |
Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers |
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U.S. City Average | Dallas-Fort Worth * | Houston-Galveston | |||||||||||||
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
|
All Items | 3.4 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 4.3 | -0.5 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 4.2 | -1.0 |
1/ This index 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."
3/ Indexes on a December 1997 = 100 base.
* The Dallas-Fort Worth CPI is not published for even-numbered
months of the year. The yearly rates shown here for
Dallas-Fort Worth are from November to November, while the U.S.
City Average and Houston-Galveston rates are from
December to December.
Last Modified Date: January 16, 2009
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