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
2011		 Jul
2012		 Aug
2012		 Percent change
Annual
average
2010 to
2011		 12 months
ended
Jul
2012		 Aug
2012

U.S. City Average
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 224.939 229.104 230.379 3.2 1.4 1.7

South (1)

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 218.618 222.667 223.919 3.4 1.4 1.6

South City Size Class (population)

  

A (over 1.5 million)
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 219.685 223.503 224.962 3.2 1.2 1.5

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

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 139.200 141.774 142.432 3.6 1.4 1.5

D (less than 50,000)
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 223.295 228.501 230.219 3.9 1.7 2.5
 

Metropolitan areas

  

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (3)

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 207.933 211.267   3.1 1.3  

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX (3)

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 200.495   203.959 3.3   0.7

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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