COST OF LIVING BY STATECost of Living by State
The 2010 data shown here is from a recent business report featured at cnbc.com. The numbers indicate a state's ranking, as compared to other states, in terms of cost of living (COL), Economy and access to capital ($). Lower numbers are better for cost of living, but higher numbers are better for economic strength and access to capital.The archival data below was compiled from data found in the Federal Cost of Living Index, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and various official economic websites for individual states. For the purpose of understanding this type of list, the national average cost of living is fixed at 100. You can't tell exactly how much it costs to live somewhere, but you can see how much states deviate from the national average, and from each other. States are listed alphabetically here. Archival data includes average overall cost of living (CL), as well as the average housing cost (HC) in each state, as compared to the national average.
STATE................C.O.L..........ECONOMY..........$
ALABAMA.....................11.....................40....................40 ALASKA.......................47.....................41....................40 ARIZONA.....................34......................41....................25 ARKANSAS....................3......................27....................40 CALIFORNIA.................49......................18......................1 COLORADO..................35........................8....................15 CONNECTICUT..............45......................32......................8 DELAWARE..................32......................45....................20 FLORIDA......................30......................48....................17 GEORGIA.......................9......................37....................13 HAWAII........................49......................22....................31 IDAHO..........................11......................39....................28 ILLINOIS.......................17......................29......................6 INDIANA.......................13......................41....................26 IOWA...........................17......................10....................36 KANSAS.........................5........................7....................33 KENTUCKY......................3......................44....................38 LOUISIANA....................24.....................25.....................22 MAINE...........................39.....................25.....................40 MARYLAND....................45.....................18.....................12 MASSACHUSETTS..........41.....................17.......................2 MICHIGAN.....................24.....................47.....................18 MINNESOTA...................15......................5.....................19 MISSISSIPPI..................13.....................35.....................40
MISSOURI.......................9.....................29....................20 MONTANA......................32....................15.....................36 NEBRASKA......................5....................14.....................40 NEVADA........................37....................49.....................40 NEW HAMPSHIRE...........39.....................12....................16 NEW JERSEY.................47.....................28......................4 NEW MEXICO.................29.....................21....................28 NEW YORK....................43.......................2......................3 NORTH CAROLINA..........23......................37....................10 NORTH DAKOTA.............17.......................3....................40 OHIO.............................15.....................34....................24 OKLAHOMA......................1.......................6....................32 OREGON........................37.....................33....................14 PENNSYLVANIA...............30.....................15.....................11 RHODE ISLAND...............41.....................49.....................23 SOUTH CAROLINA...........24.....................46.....................34 SOUTH DAKOTA................5.......................4....................40 TENNESSEE......................1.....................36.....................35 TEXAS.............................8.......................1......................7 UTAH.............................17.....................23.....................39 VERMONT.......................43.....................12.....................40 VIRGINIA........................27.....................11.......................9 WASHINGTON.................35.....................18.......................5 WEST VIRGINIA...............17.....................24.....................40 WISCONSIN....................17.....................31......................30 WYOMING.......................27......................9.......................27
SALES TAX BY STATE UNEMPLOYMENT BY STATE POVERTY BY STATE HOW TO MAKE A RESUME EXIT COST OF LIVING BY STATE - SEE MAIN ECONOMY PAGE STATE..............CL2q09......CL4q09......HC2q09......HC4q09ALABAMA................92.6................xxx................79.8...............xxxALASKA.................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 MICHIGAN.................96.0...............xxx................91.9................xxx MINNESOTA.............102.8...............xxx................97.6................xxx MISSISSIPPI..............92.5...............xxx................78.3................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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