Tracking the Texas Economy
Key Texas Economic Indicators - Text Alternative and Detail

Updated June 14, 2013

This page contains tabular data that corresponds to the Key Economic Indicator graphs.

Consumer Price Index

1982-1984 average = 100

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers

Month	Texas Consumer Price Index*	U.S. Consumer Price Index
April 2009	195.1	213.2
May 2009	194.8	213.9
June 2009	196.7	215.7
July 2009	196.3	215.4
August 2009	196.4	215.8
September 2009	196.8	216.0
October 2009	196.8	216.2
November 2009	196.9	216.3
December 2009	196.3	215.9
January 2010	196.8	216.7
February 2010	197.3	216.7
March 2010	197.6	217.6
April 2010	198.2	218.0
May 2010	198.1	218.2
June 2010	198.3	218.0
July 2010	197.5	218.0
August 2010	197.8	218.3
September 2010	198.6	218.4
October 2010	198.6	218.7
November 2010	198.2	218.8
December 2010	198.0	219.2
January 2011	199.3	220.2
February 2011	200.7	221.3
March 2011	203.1	223.5
April 2011	205.0	224.9
May 2011	205.7	226.0
June 2011	204.9	225.7
July 2011	205.0	225.9
August 2011	205.8	226.5
September 2011	206.0	226.9
October 2011	205.1	226.4
November 2011	205.3	226.2
December 2011	204.6	225.7
January 2012	205.3	226.7
February 2012	207.2	227.7
March 2012	209.2	229.4
April 2012	209.7	230.1
May 2012	209.0	229.8
June 2012	208.4	229.5
July 2012	207.9	229.1
August 2012	208.2	230.4
September 2012	209.5	231.4
October 2012	209.0	231.3
November 2012	208.0	230.2
December 2012	207.4	229.6
January 2013	208.4	230.3
February 2013	210.6	232.2
March 2013	211.4	232.8
April 2013	211.9	232.5

Change from previous year:
The Texas Consumer Price Index is up 1.0%.
The U.S. Consumer Price Index is up 1.1%.

*average of indices for the Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston metro areas
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Consumer Confidence Index

1985 U.S. Average = 100

Consumer Confidence Index for West South Central Region and United States

Month	West South Central Region Index*	U.S. Index
May 2009	73.5	54.8
June 2009	75.1	49.3
July 2009	71.0	47.4
August 2009	75.0	54.5
September 2009	82.5	53.4
October 2009	72.9	48.7
November 2009	64.9	50.6
December 2009	72.1	53.6
January 2010	72.3	56.5
February 2010	74.1	46.4
March 2010	74.9	52.3
April 2010	70.7	57.7
May 2010	76.5	62.7
June 2010	66.4	54.3
July 2010	66.0	51.0
August 2010	68.6	53.2
September 2010	68.0	48.6
October 2010	71.8	49.9
November 2010	82.1	57.8
December 2010	81.1	63.4
January 2011	74.4	64.8
February 2011	80.8	72.0
March 2011	61.1	63.8
April 2011	69.5	66.0
May 2011	78.5	61.7
June 2011	75.5	57.6
July 2011	78.9	59.2
August 2011	71.6	45.2
September 2011	69.3	46.4
October 2011	50.4	40.9
November 2011	91.0	55.2
December 2011	78.1	64.8
January 2012	89.9	61.5
February 2012	90.2	71.6
March 2012	84.0	69.5
April 2012	89.8	68.7
May 2012	90.4	64.4
June 2012	90.2	62.7
July 2012	92.7	65.4
August 2012	74.9	61.3
September 2012	78.5	68.4
October 2012	84.2	73.1
November 2012	97.8	71.5
December 2012	95.9	66.7
January 2013	95.3	58.4
February 2013	87.3	69.6
March 2013	90.1	61.9
April 2013	106.3	69.0
May 2013	102.0	76.2

*Includes Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma (per source’s data groups)

Change from previous year:
West South Central Region is up 12.8%
U.S. is up 18.3%.

Source: The Conference Board

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Texas vs. U.S. Unemployment Rates

Unemployment for Texas and Nationwide

Month	Texas Unemployment	U.S. Unemployment
May 2009	7.4%	9.4%
June 2009	7.6%	9.5%
July 2009	7.8%	9.5%
August 2009	8.0%	9.6%
September 2009	8.0%	9.8%
October 2009	8.1%	10.0%
November 2009	8.1%	9.9%
December 2009	8.2%	9.9%
January 2010	8.2%	9.8%
February 2010	8.3%	9.8%
March 2010	8.3%	9.9%
April 2010	8.2%	9.9%
May 2010	8.2%	9.6%
June 2010	8.1%	9.4%
July 2010	8.1%	9.5%
August 2010	8.2%	9.5%
September 2010	8.2%	9.5%
October 2010	8.2%	9.5%
November 2010	8.2%	9.8%
December 2010	8.2%	9.3%
January 2011	8.1%	9.1%
February 2011	8.1%	9.0%
March 2011	8.0%	8.9%
April 2011	8.0%	9.0%
May 2011	8.1%	9.0%
June 2011	8.1%	9.1%
July 2011	8.2%	9.0%
August 2011	8.1%	9.0%
September 2011	8.0%	9.0%
October 2011	7.8%	8.9%
November 2011	7.5%	8.6%
December 2011	7.4%	8.5%
January 2012	7.2%	8.3%
February 2012	7.1%	8.3%
March 2012	7.0%	8.2%
April 2012	7.0%	8.1%
May 2012	7.0%	8.2%
June 2012	7.0%	8.2%
July 2012	6.9%	8.2%
August 2012	6.8%	8.1%
September 2012	6.6%	7.8%
October 2012	6.4%	7.9%
November 2012	6.3%	7.8%
December 2012	6.2%	7.8%
January 2013	6.3%	7.9%
February 2013	6.4%	7.7%
March 2013	6.4%	7.6%
April 2013	6.4%	7.5%
May 2013		7.6%

Change from previous year:
Texas unemployment is down 0.6 percentage points.
U.S. unemployment is down 0.6 percentage points.

Sources: Texas Workforce Commission, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Texas and U.S. Nonfarm Employment
(in millions)

Nonfarm Employment

Month	Texas Nonfarm Employment	U.S. Nonfarm Employment
May 2009	10.31	131.05
June 2009	10.28	130.58
July 2009	10.25	130.23
August 2009	10.23	130.02
September 2009	10.22	129.78
October 2009	10.21	129.61
November 2009	10.21	129.59
December 2009	10.21	129.37
January 2010	10.23	129.36
February 2010	10.25	129.32
March 2010	10.27	129.47
April 2010	10.29	129.70
May 2010	10.35	130.22
June 2010	10.35	130.09
July 2010	10.35	130.01
August 2010	10.36	129.97
September 2010	10.37	129.93
October 2010	10.41	130.16
November 2010	10.42	130.30
December 2010	10.43	130.40
January 2011	10.45	130.46
February 2011	10.46	130.66
March 2011	10.50	130.87
April 2011	10.53	131.17
May 2011	10.54	131.28
June 2011	10.56	131.49
July 2011	10.61	131.57
August 2011	10.62	131.70
September 2011	10.64	131.93
October 2011	10.64	132.09
November 2011	10.67	132.27
December 2011	10.69	132.50
January 2012	10.72	132.81
February 2012	10.76	133.08
March 2012	10.78	133.29
April 2012	10.82	133.40
May 2012	10.84	133.52
June 2012	10.86	133.61
July 2012	10.89	133.76
August 2012	10.91	133.93
September 2012	10.95	134.07
October 2012	10.97	134.23
November 2012	10.99	134.47
December 2012	11.02	134.69
January 2013	11.04	134.84
February 2013	11.12	135.17
March 2013	11.11	135.31
April 2013	11.15	135.47
May 2013		135.64

Change from previous year:
Nonfarm employment for Texas is up 3.0%
Nonfarm employment for the U.S. is up 1.6%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Nonfarm Employment for the Five Most Populous States

Comparing Nonfarm Employment in Five Most Populous States (in thousands)

State	April 2012	April 2013	Change in Jobs	Change
California	14,329.10	14,602.20	273.1	1.9%
Texas	10,819.90	11,146.00	326.1	3.0%
New York	8,793.10	8,904.70	111.6	1.3%
Florida	7,396.30	7,515.40	119.1	1.6%
Illinois	5,735.20	5,775.50	40.3	0.7%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Texas Sales Tax Collections, General Revenue-Related (in millions)

Texas Sales Tax Collections

Month	Texas Sales Tax Collections, Retail Establishments*	Texas Sales Tax Collections, Total
May 2009	$890.1	$1,773.0
June 2009	$811.0	$1,571.7
July 2009	$758.9	$1,651.0
August 2009	$885.3	$1,752.2
September 2009	$731.9	$1,471.7
October 2009	$718.9	$1,517.9
November 2009	$890.3	$1,696.9
December 2009	$920.5	$1,653.1
January 2010	$817.3	$1,655.3
February 2010	$804.3	$1,595.2
March 2010	$757.7	$1,458.9
April 2010	$823.3	$1,675.5
May 2010	$905.6	$1,775.4
June 2010	$802.3	$1,607.0
July 2010	$816.2	$1,686.5
August 2010	$847.8	$1,766.7
September 2010	$770.0	$1,571.3
October 2010	$765.9	$1,617.7
November 2010	$932.0	$1,844.6
December 2010	$967.1	$1,807.9
January 2011	$862.7	$1,828.1
February 2011	$846.5	$1,749.5
March 2011	$808.6	$1,603.8
April 2011	$868.9	$1,866.4
May 2011	$947.1	$1,952.0
June 2011	$836.1	$1,722.6
July 2011	$844.8	$1,859.8
August 2011	$930.0	$1,976.8
September 2011	$811.8	$1,756.1
October 2011	$815.6	$1,874.6
November 2011	$1,003.9	$2,068.8
December 2011	$1,025.4	$1,980.2
January 2012	$888.2	$2,000.9
February 2012	$906.8	$2,007.8
March 2012	$898.8	$1,874.1
April 2012	$975.3	$2,069.6
May 2012	$947.2	$2,095.0
June 2012	$943.4	$1,984.0
July 2012	$864.4	$2,047.3
August 2012	$981.4	$2,341.7
September 2012	$864.7	$1,959.9
October 2012	$860.4	$2,028.0
November 2012	$1,080.4	$2,339.2
December 2012	$1,033.5	$2,165.9
January 2013	$965.8	$2,122.8
February 2013	$878.9	$2,082.8
March 2013	$990.2	$1,977.9
April 2013	$987.0	$2,150.9
May 2013	$968.0	$2,260.5

*Includes eating and drinking places.

Change from previous year:
The Texas sales tax collections for retail establishments are up 2.2%.
The total Texas sales tax collections are up 7.9%.

Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

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Texas Building Permits
(units)

Building Permits for Single-Family and Multi-Family Homes in Texas

Month	Single-Family Permits	Multi-Family Permits
April 2009	5,378	2,095
May 2009	5,498	1,253
June 2009	6,680	1,399
July 2009	6,930	541
August 2009	6,057	1,314
September 2009	5,549	1,603
October 2009	4,926	200
November 2009	4,473	1,090
December 2009	5,057	989
January 2010	4,893	1,115
February 2010	5,782	411
March 2010	7,837	1,596
April 2010	6,557	1,659
May 2010	5,726	1,533
June 2010	5,977	1,826
July 2010	5,007	2,130
August 2010	5,217	1,956
September 2010	4,257	2,215
October 2010	3,728	1,025
November 2010	4,017	2,204
December 2010	4,193	1,348
January 2011	4,215	928
February 2011	4,237	2,248
March 2011	6,355	2,044
April 2011	5,688	2,578
May 2011	5,679	1,256
June 2011	5,910	3,532
July 2011	5,149	3,206
August 2011	5,976	4,362
September 2011	5,185	1,830
October 2011	4,744	3,477
November 2011	4,426	1,668
December 2011	4,397	3,733
January 2012	5,230	4,654
February 2012	5,752	3,268
March 2012	6,385	4,246
April 2012	6,839	3,414
May 2012	7,344	4,624
June 2012	6,821	4,244
July 2012	6,716	5,017
August 2012	7,195	7,056
September 2012	5,929	3,147
October 2012	6,593	5,008
November 2012	5,618	3,983
December 2013	5,111	5,596
January 2013	6,619	3,887
February 2013	6,508	4,891
March 2013	7,507	4,395
April 2013	8,548	4,620

Change from previous year:
Single-family permits are up 25.0%.
Multi-family permits are up 35.3%.
See note on percent change data

Source: The Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University

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Existing Single-Family Home Sales in Texas

Existing Single Family Home Sales in Texas

Month	Existing Single-family Home Sales	Median Sale Price
April 2009	17,062	$142,900
May 2009	19,032	$149,300
June 2009	21,811	$155,100
July 2009	22,426	$153,300
August 2009	19,840	$150,000
September 2009	18,633	$147,400
October 2009	19,492	$142,700
November 2009	17,996	$142,600
December 2009	16,274	$144,600
January 2010	10,420	$136,900
February 2010	13,278	$141,100
March 2010	19,678	$144,000
April 2010	22,003	$146,700
May 2010	22,883	$148,100
June 2010	21,975	$152,300
July 2010	16,682	$154,500
August 2010	17,156	$153,100
September 2010	15,450	$146,800
October 2010	14,435	$144,700
November 2010	13,869	$146,300
December 2010	15,808	$150,800
January 2011	10,899	$139,000
February 2011	12,175	$146,100
March 2011	17,547	$143,900
April 2011	18,152	$145,200
May 2011	19,602	$150,300
June 2011	21,811	$154,100
July 2011	19,527	$153,200
August 2011	21,270	$152,800
September 2011	17,660	$148,700
October 2011	15,668	$146,600
November 2011	14,933	$146,900
December 2011	16,542	$151,200
January 2012	12,002	$138,100
February 2012	14,757	$146,800
March 2012	19,130	$154,500
April 2012	19,891	$155,700
May 2012	23,385	$161,800
June 2012	24,441	$165,500
July 2012	23,280	$163,800
August 2012	24,767	$160,600
September 2012	19,261	$158,500
October 2012	20,152	$156,500
November 2012	18,260	$158,700
December 2012	18,665	$162,800
January 2013	14,876	$149,300
February 2013	16,761	$157,000
March 2013	22,187	$164,800
April 2013	24,993	$172,400

Change from previous year:
Existing home sales are up 25.6%.
Median sales price is up 10.7%.
See note on percent change data

Source: The Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University

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Non-Residential Construction in Texas

Contract Value, Non-Residential Building Construction in Texas (billions)

Month	Contract Value
April 2009	$1.424
May 2009	$2.052
June 2009	$1.699
July 2009	$1.816
August 2009	$1.220
September 2009	$1.542
October 2009	$1.742
November 2009	$1.105
December 2009	$1.064
January 2010	$1.364
February 2010	$0.787
March 2010	$1.031
April 2010	$1.422
May 2010	$1.430
June 2010	$1.376
July 2010	$0.982
August 2010	$1.096
September 2010	$2.795
October 2010	$0.911
November 2010	$0.594
December 2010	$2.340
January 2011	$0.983
February 2011	$0.942
March 2011	$1.307
April 2011	$1.606
May 2011	$1.216
June 2011	$1.692
July 2011	$0.975
August 2011	$1.717
September 2011	$0.938
October 2011	$0.869
November 2011	$1.405
December 2011	$1.014
January 2012	$1.028
February 2012	$0.855
March 2012	$1.170
April 2012	$1.032
May 2012	$1.005
June 2012	$1.440
July 2012	$1.241
August 2012	$1.289
September 2012	$1.400
October 2012	$1.297
November 2012	$1.114
December 2012	$1.097
January 2013	$1.103
February 2013	$0.809
March 2013	$1.175
April 2013	$0.967

Change from previous year: down 6.2%

Source: McGraw-Hill

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Texas vs. U.S. Foreclosures

Mortgage Foreclosures in Texas and United States

Month	Texas Foreclosures	U.S. Foreclosures
April 2009	11,314	342,038
May 2009	9,813	321,480
June 2009	12,023	336,173
July 2009	12,077	360,149
August 2009	11,261	358,471
September 2009	13,216	343,638
October 2009	11,798	332,292
November 2009	12,095	306,627
December 2009	13,807	349,519
January 2010	12,225	315,716
February 2010	12,638	308,524
March 2010	15,552	367,056
April 2010	13,133	333,837
May 2010	11,137	322,920
June 2010	12,175	313,841
July 2010	11,727	325,229
August 2010	14,290	338,836
September 2010	12,769	347,420
October 2010	13,008	332,172
November 2010	13,369	262,339
December 2010	10,772	249,919
January 2011	14,897	261,333
February 2011	11,562	225,101
March 2011	11,018	239,795
April 2011	8,793	219,258
May 2011	9,055	214,927
June 2011	9,341	222,740
July 2011	10,571	212,764
August 2011	10,148	228,098
September 2011	9,872	214,855
October 2011	9,845	230,678
November 2011	10,124	214,394
December 2011	8,586	205,024
January 2012	9,085	210,941
February 2012	9,544	206,900
March 2012	8,228	198,853
April 2012	8,808	188,780
May 2012	11,466	205,990
June 2012	9,079	197,834
July 2012	9,968	191,125
August 2012	8,296	193,508
September 2012	7,466	180,427
October 2012	7,705	186,455
November 2012	6,855	180,817
December 2012	6,967	162,511
January 2013	5,627	150,864
February 2013	5,411	154,281
March 2013	4,467	152,500
April 2013	5,262	144,790

Change from previous year:
Texas is down 40.3%
U.S. is down 23.3%

Source: RealtyTrac

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U.S. Consumer Price Index

1982-1984 average = 100

United States Consumer Price Index for Food/Beverages and Transportation

Month	Overall Consumer Price Index	Consumer Price Index Food and Beverages	Consumer Price Index Transportation
April 2009	213.2	218.4	172.0
May 2009	213.9	218.1	176.0
June 2009	215.7	218.0	183.7
July 2009	215.4	217.6	182.8
August 2009	215.8	217.7	184.4
September 2009	216.0	217.6	183.9
October 2009	216.2	218.0	185.4
November 2009	216.3	217.7	188.6
December 2009	215.9	218.0	188.3
January 2010	216.7	219.2	190.5
February 2010	216.7	219.1	189.6
March 2010	217.6	219.4	192.1
April 2010	218.0	219.5	194.0
May 2010	218.2	219.7	194.8
June 2010	218.0	219.6	192.7
July 2010	218.0	219.5	193.0
August 2010	218.3	219.9	193.5
September 2010	218.4	220.6	192.4
October 2010	218.7	221.0	194.3
November 2010	218.8	222.1	195.7
December 2010	219.2	221.3	198.3
January 2011	220.2	223.2	200.8
February 2011	221.3	224.0	203.0
March 2011	223.5	225.5	211.0
April 2011	224.9	226.2	216.9
May 2011	226.0	227.1	220.3
June 2011	225.7	227.5	216.9
July 2011	225.9	228.3	216.2
August 2011	226.5	229.5	216.1
September 2011	226.9	230.4	215.2
October 2011	226.4	230.9	212.1
November 2011	226.2	230.7	211.4
December 2011	225.7	231.1	208.6
January 2012	226.7	232.6	210.8
February 2012	227.7	232.5	214.4
March 2012	229.4	232.7	220.8
April 2012	230.1	233.1	223.1
May 2012	229.8	233.3	220.8
June 2012	229.5	233.5	216.4
July 2012	229.1	233.6	214.3
August 2012	230.4	234.0	219.1
September 2012	231.4	234.2	221.7
October 2012	231.3	234.7	220.2
November 2012	230.2	234.7	214.5
December 2012	229.6	235.2	211.9
January 2013	230.3	236.2	212.3
February 2013	232.2	236.2	219.5
March 2013	232.8	236.3	221.1
April 2013	232.5	236.8	218.6

Change from previous year:
The Overall Consumer Price Index for the U.S. is up 1.1%.
The Food and Beverage Consumer Price Index is up 1.6%.
The Transportation Consumer Price Index is down 2.0%.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Gas Prices

Average Retail Price of Regular Gasoline and Diesel Fuel in Texas (per gallon)

Month	Gasoline	Diesel Fuel
April 2009	$2.01	$2.19
May 2009	$2.21	$2.20
June 2009	$2.54	$2.50
July 2009	$2.42	$2.49
August 2009	$2.55	$2.59
September 2009	$2.42	$2.55
October 2009	$2.45	$2.61
November 2009	$2.56	$2.74
December 2009	$2.52	$2.70
January 2010	$2.62	$2.81
February 2010	$2.55	$2.75
March 2010	$2.69	$2.88
April 2010	$2.79	$3.02
May 2010	$2.80	$3.03
June 2010	$2.66	$2.89
July 2010	$2.63	$2.86
August 2010	$2.64	$2.91
September 2010	$2.59	$2.88
October 2010	$2.70	$2.97
November 2010	$2.73	$3.06
December 2010	$2.89	$3.18
January 2011	$3.00	$3.34
February 2011	$3.11	$3.53
March 2011	$3.49	$3.84
April 2011	$3.75	$3.99
May 2011	$3.84	$3.98
June 2011	$3.60	$3.88
July 2011	$3.60	$3.86
August 2011	$3.59	$3.82
September 2011	$3.47	$3.77
October 2011	$3.32	$3.73
November 2011	$3.25	$3.86
December 2011	$3.14	$3.76
January 2012	$3.27	$3.76
February 2012	$3.53	$3.88
March 2012	$3.76	$4.04
April 2012	$3.84	$4.03
May 2012	$3.60	$3.89
June 2012	$3.37	$3.68
July 2012	$3.32	$3.64
August 2012	$3.58	$3.88
September 2012	$3.71	$4.02
October 2012	$3.54	$3.99
November 2012	$3.25	$3.89
December 2012	$3.15	$3.86
January 2013	$3.24	$3.83
February 2013	$3.55	$4.02
March 2013	$3.62	$4.01
April 2013	$3.47	$3.85

Change from previous year:
Gasoline prices are down 9.7%
Diesel prices are down 4.3%

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration

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Note: Percent changes on Tracking the Texas Economy graphs and tables are calculated using raw monthly figures. Some of the annual percent changes in the Comptroller’s Economic Outlook are based on annualized figures that show longer-term trends, and therefore may differ.