COST OF LIVING BY STATE
Here are the stats that show the average cost of living by state, along with a housing cost index.
This data was compiled from the Federal Cost of Living Index, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and various official economic websites for individual states. As usual, New England, California, Hawaii and Alaska tend to have the highest cost of living. Southern and midwestern states tend to have the lowest.For the purpose of understanding this type of list, the national average cost of living is fixed at 100. You can't tell exactly how much it costs to live somewhere, but you can see how much states deviate from the national average, and from each other. States are listed alphabetically here. Data includes average overall cost of living (CL), as well as the average housing cost (HC) in each state, as compared to the national average.
STATE..............CL2q09......CL4q09......HC2q09......HC4q09ALASKA.................126.4.............xxx...........137.7..............xxx ARIZONA................104.6............xxx...........117.0...............xxx ARKANSAS...............90.8.............xxx............79.0...............xxx CALIFORNIA............135.1............xxx...........194.2...............xxx COLORADO.............102.8.............xxx...........111.6...............xxx CONNECTICUT........125.3.............xxx...........152.1................xxx DELAWARE.............101.4.............xxx............91.2................xxx FLORIDA................101.1.............xxx...........100.6...............xxx GEORGIA.................90.9.............xxx.............79.1...............xxx HAWAII.................164.9.............xxx............242.3...............xxx IDAHO....................92.2.............xxx..............81.4...............xxx ILLINOIS.................96.2.............xxx..............90.2...............xxx INDIANA..................92.4.............xxx..............84.0...............xxx IOWA.....................93.5.............xxx...............89.3...............xxx KANSAS..................91.7.............xxx...............87.7...............xxx KENTUCKY...............90.4.............xxx...............79.1...............xxx LOUISIANA...............95.9..............xxx..............93.6...............xxx MAINE....................114.9.............xxx.............139.1...............xxx MARYLAND..............125.8.............xxx.............172.9...............xxx MASSACHUSETTS.....123.3.............xxx.............138.6...............xxx
MINNESOTA.............102.8.............xxx...............97.6..............xxx MISSISSIPPI..............92.5.............xxx...............78.3..............xxx MISSOURI.................91.1..............xxx..............80.9..............xxx MONTANA................102.6.............xxx.............100.3..............xxx NEBRASKA.................90.9.............xxx...............85.2..............xxx NEVADA..................105.1.............xxx..............111.3..............xxx NEW HAMPSHIRE......117.4.............xxx...............118.0..............xxx NEW JERSEY............126.5.............xxx...............162.3.............xxx NEW MEXICO...........100.0.............xxx...............102.3..............xxx NEW YORK...............125.2............xxx...............159.0..............xxx NORTH CAROLINA.......96.4.............xxx................87.9..............xxx NORTH DAKOTA..........95.1.............xxx................87.6.............xxx OHIO.......................92.8.............xxx.................78.9.............xxx OKLAHOMA...............88.1.............xxx.................75.4.............xxx OREGON.................116.1.............xxx................136.8..............xxx PENNSYLVANIA........102.4.............xxx.................99.3...............xxx RHODE ISLAND.........119.0............xxx................121.4..............xxx SOUTH CAROLINA.......97.5............xxx................90.3.................xxx SOUTH DAKOTA.........91.3..............xxx...............85.8..............xxx TENNESSEE..............88.9..............xxx...............77.2...............xxx TEXAS.....................90.5..............xxx...............78.9..............xxx UTAH......................96.3..............xxx................90.1..............xxx VERMONT...............119.9.............xxx...............140.1...............xxx VIRGINIA..................99.3.............xxx...............101.9.................xxx WASHINGTON..........104.5..............xxx..............107.3................xxx WEST VIRGINIA.........94.0...............xxx...............93.6...............xxx WISCONSIN..............95.7...............xxx...............87.1...............xxx WYOMING...............100.4..............xxx..............102.8................xxx
STATE..............CL2q06......CL4q08......HC2q06......HC4q08ALABAMA..................91.6.............92.0............. 75.6..........81.4ALASKA...................123.7...........128.9............ 128.8........134.3 ARIZONA .................104.4............106.3........... 113.6........117.8 ARKANSAS................88.6..............90.4............. 74.7.........78.6 CALIFORNIA.............134.7............136.6............ 193.4.......201.3 COLORADO..............101.5.............105.7........... 104.3.......115.5 CONNECTICUT..........127.3............127.8............ 162.1......156.2 DELAWARE...............100.3...........102.8.............. 90.5........92.6 FLORIDA..................103.6...........103.6............. 108.0......108.1 GEORGIA...................92.1.............91.4.............. 78.8........78.9 HAWAII...................161.3...........162.8............. 252.1......252.5 IDAHO......................94.5.............93.1.............. 83.5........86.2 ILLINOIS...................95.6.............96.7.............. 91.0........90.3 INDIANA...................92.9.............92.8.............. 83.9........84.2 IOWA.......................93.1.............93.4............. 85.3.........85.8 KANSAS....................90.6.............91.4............. 82.9........84.4 KENTUCKY.................94.2.............92.2............. 82.7........81.5 LOUISIANA................94.6..............94.4............ 90.1.........90.4 MAINE....................108.6.............112.7........... 114.3.......127.6 MARYLAND..............126.5.............127.6........... 171.9.......178.9 MASSACHUSETTS.....122.7.............120.5........... 139.2.......135.9
MICHIGAN ...............101.3...............97.0.............97.6........96.6 MINNESOTA..............97.1.............104.3.............88.4.......103.2 MISSISSIPPI.............89.4...............97.0.............75.8........82.3 MISSOURI................90.0...............90.3.............80.8........78.2 MONTANA................99.3.............105.0.............94.6.......105.0 NEBRASKA................90.2..............89.8.............80.7.........80.8 NEVADA.................107.4.............109.2............119.8.......126.4 NEW HAMPSHIRE.....121.4.............118.2............142.4.......127.8 NEW JERSEY...........131.7.............129.4............174.5.......167.0 NEW MEXICO..........103.1.............101.4............109.7.......104.3 NEW YORK.............130.4.............127.1............170.9.......161.1 NORTH CAROLINA......94.0..............96.7.............86.4.........89.4 NORTH DAKOTA.........93.8.............95.1..............79.6........85.0 OHIO.......................95.4.............93.4..............84.3........79.4 OKLAHOMA...............88.5.............88.4..............75.5........74.9 OREGON.................105.8............114.3............111.2.......137.1 PENNSYLVANIA........100.9............102.0............101.3.......101.3 RHODE ISLAND.........124.4............122.0...........136.6........134.8 SOUTH CAROLINA......94.2..............95.5.............84.3.........84.9 SOUTH DAKOTA.........91.1..............90.5............76.1.........77.1 TENNESSEE..............90.8..............88.3............79.3..........75.8 TEXAS.....................88.9..............90.5............74.5.........77.6 UTAH......................96.1..............95.0.............95.2.........92.1 VERMONT...............122.3.............117.9...........149.7.......130.3 VIRGINIA................103.5.............100.6...........110.4.......104.8 WASHINGTON.........104.4..............103.4..........107.6........103.8 WEST VIRGINIA........95.3...............94.6............93.0..........92.9 WISCONSIN.............94.2...............95.8............86.1..........90.6 WYOMING..............100.9..............102.4..........104.8........107.6
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