Employee Incentive Plan (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Table Text Block]

		Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
		June 30,				June 30,
		2012		2011		2012		2011
Cost of share-based compensation charged to general and
	administrative expense	$	2,233	$	1,596	$	4,473	$	3,386
Cost of share-based compensation charged to operating expense			316		265		640		729
Total amount charged to income		$	2,549	$	1,861	$	5,113	$	4,115
Interest of non-controlling partners in share-based compensation		$	1,722	$	763	$	2,716	$	1,672
Amount of related income tax benefit recognized in income		$	306	$	407	$	887	$	906

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units Activity [Table Text Block]

		Six Months Ended June 30, 2012
				Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value
		Number of
Crosstex Energy, L.P. Restricted Units:		Units
Non-vested, beginning of period			949,844	$	10.45
	Granted		352,912		16.53
	Vested*		(232,700)		6.91
	Forfeited		(13,954)		12.73
Non-vested, end of period			1,056,102	$	13.23
Aggregate intrinsic value, end of period (in thousands)		$	17,320
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* Vested units include 60,401 units withheld for payroll taxes paid on behalf of employees.

Scheduleof Share Based Compensation Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units Vestedand Fair Value Vested Table [Text Block]

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
Crosstex Energy, L.P. Restricted Units:	2012		2011		2012		2011
Aggregate intrinsic value of units vested	$	280	$	1,870	$	3,806	$	6,109
Fair value of units vested	$	281	$	2,383	$	1,608	$	5,556
As of June 30, 2012, there was $7.6 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested restricted units. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.6 years.

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
Crosstex Energy, Inc. Restricted Shares:	2012		2011		2012		2011
Aggregate intrinsic value of shares vested	$	391	$	1,111	$	3,127	$	3,689
Fair value of shares vested	$	260	$	2,391	$	1,266	$	5,281
As of June 30, 2012 there was $7.6 million of unrecognized compensation costs related to CEI non-vested restricted shares. The cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.6 years.

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block]

		Six Months Ended June 30, 2012
				Weighted
		Number of		Average
Crosstex Energy, L.P. Unit Options:		Units		Exercise Price
Outstanding, beginning of period			451,574	$	6.99
	Exercised		(40,246)		5.06
	Forfeited		(10,433)		16.34
Outstanding, end of period			400,895	$	6.95
Options exercisable at end of period			334,326
Weighted average contractual term (years) end of period:
	Options outstanding		6.7
	Options exercisable		6.5
Aggregate intrinsic value end of period (in thousands):
	Options outstanding	$	4,201
	Options exercisable	$	3,508

		Six Months Ended June 30, 2012
				Weighted
		Number of		Average
Crosstex Energy, Inc. Stock Options:		Shares		Exercise Price
Outstanding, beginning of period			37,500	$	6.50
	Forfeited		-		-
Outstanding, end of period			37,500	$	0.00
Options exercisable at end of period			37,500	$	0.00

Scheduleof Share Based Compensation Unit Options Vested and Fair Value Vested Table [Text Block]

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
Crosstex Energy, L.P. Unit Options:	2012		2011		2012		2011
Intrinsic value of unit options exercised	$	67	$	479	$	478	$	985
Fair value of unit options vested	$	-	$	236	$	277	$	561
As of June 30, 2012, there was $0.1 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested unit options. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.5 years.

Schedule Of Shared Based Compensation Restricted Stock And Restricted Stock Units Activity Table [Text Block]

		Six Months Ended
		June 30, 2012
		Number of Shares		Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Crosstex Energy, Inc. Restricted Shares:
Non-vested, beginning of period			1,221,351	$	7.40
	Granted		454,146		13.28
	Vested*		(244,195)		5.18
	Forfeited		(18,850)		8.60
Non-vested, end of period			1,412,452	$	9.66
Aggregate intrinsic value, end of period (in thousands)		$	19,774
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* Vested shares include 58,247 shares withheld for payroll taxes paid on behalf of employees.