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What Is the Average Cost of Living by State?
Due to differences in taxes, rent and utility bills, food costs, and other geographical quirks the cost of living in America varies from state to state.
Economists assign a number to cost of living, as a specific dollar amount will depend on your lifestyle as well as other factors such as your employment and travel requirements.
Here is a list of all fifty US states and their average cost of living index. In this index, 100 is an “average” cost of living for the entire country — any number lower than that indicates a state that is below average in terms of living cost, while numbers above 100 indicate that state has a higher cost of living than the national average.
Alabama
92
Alaska
126
Arizona
104
Arkansas
90
California
135
Colorado
102
Connecticut
125
Delaware
100
District of Columbia
100
Florida
101
Georgia
90
Hawaii
165
Idaho
92
Illinois
96
Indiana
92
Iowa
93
Kansas
91
Kentucky
90
Louisiana
95
Maine
115
Maryland
125
Massachusetts
113
Michigan
96
Minnesota
105
Mississippi
102
Missouri
91
Montana
102
Nebraska
90
Nevada
95
New Hampshire
108
New Jersey
101
New Mexico
100
New York
145
North Carolina
96
North Dakota
88
Ohio
102
Oklahoma
90
Oregon
101
Pennsylvania
106
Rhode Island
115
South Carolina
89
South Dakota
88
Tennessee
91
Texas
113
Utah
112
Vermont
134
Virginia
87
Washington
119
West Virginia
95
Due to differences in taxes, rent and utility bills, food costs, and other geographical quirks the cost of living in America varies from state to state.
Economists assign a number to cost of living, as a specific dollar amount will depend on your lifestyle as well as other factors such as your employment and travel requirements.
Here is a list of all fifty US states and their average cost of living index. In this index, 100 is an “average” cost of living for the entire country — any number lower than that indicates a state that is below average in terms of living cost, while numbers above 100 indicate that state has a higher cost of living than the national average.
Alabama
92
Alaska
126
Arizona
104
Arkansas
90
California
135
Colorado
102
Connecticut
125
Delaware
100
District of Columbia
100
Florida
101
Georgia
90
Hawaii
165
Idaho
92
Illinois
96
Indiana
92
Iowa
93
Kansas
91
Kentucky
90
Louisiana
95
Maine
115
Maryland
125
Massachusetts
113
Michigan
96
Minnesota
105
Mississippi
102
Missouri
91
Montana
102
Nebraska
90
Nevada
95
New Hampshire
108
New Jersey
101
New Mexico
100
New York
145
North Carolina
96
North Dakota
88
Ohio
102
Oklahoma
90
Oregon
101
Pennsylvania
106
Rhode Island
115
South Carolina
89
South Dakota
88
Tennessee
91
Texas
113
Utah
112
Vermont
134
Virginia
87
Washington
119
West Virginia
95
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