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		 Sep
2008		 Oct
2008		 Percent change
Annual
average
2006 to
2007		 12 months
ended
Sep
2008		 Oct
2008

U.S. City Average
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 207.342 218.783 216.573 2.8 4.9 3.7

South (1)

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 200.361 212.650 210.108 2.9 5.4 3.9

South City Size Class (population)

  

A (over 1.5 million)
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 202.825 214.854 212.617 3.1 5.2 3.8

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

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 127.422 135.093 133.285 2.8 5.3 3.6

D (less than 50,000)
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 200.203 215.258 213.103 2.6 7.1 6.2
 

Metropolitan areas

  

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (3)

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 193.245 205.883   1.7 5.7  

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX (3)

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 183.838   191.140 1.8   3.4

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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