COST OF LIVING BY STATE The list displayed below shows the average cost of living by state for the 2nd quarter of 2006. This data was derived from the Federal Cost of Living Index, and from 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 (COL) and, for all you real estate fans, the average housing cost (HC) in each state, as compared to the national average. STATE ................. COL ................... HC
ALABAMA ............................ 91.6 ............................ 75.6 ALASKA ............................. 123.7 .......................... 128.8
ARIZONA ........................... 104.4 .......................... 113.6
ARKANSAS .......................... 88.6 ............................ 74.7
CALIFORNIA ....................... 134.7 .......................... 193.4
COLORADO ........................ 101.5 .......................... 104.3
CONNECTICUT .................... 127.3 .......................... 162.1
DELAWARE ......................... 100.3 ........................... 90.5
FLORIDA ............................ 103.6 .......................... 108.0
GEORGIA ............................. 92.1 ............................ 78.8
HAWAII ............................. 161.3 .......................... 252.1
IDAHO ................................ 94.5 ............................ 83.5
ILLINOIS ............................. 95.6 ............................ 91.0
INDIANA ............................. 92.9 ............................ 83.9
IOWA ................................. 93.1 ............................ 85.3
KANSAS .............................. 90.6 ........................... 82.9
KENTUCKY ........................... 94.2 ........................... 82.7
LOUISIANA .......................... 94.6 ........................... 90.1
MAINE .............................. 108.6 .......................... 114.3
MARYLAND ........................ 126.5 .......................... 171.9
MASSACHUSETTS ............... 122.7 .......................... 139.2
MICHIGAN ......................... 101.3 ............................ 97.6
MINNESOTA ........................ 97.1 ............................ 88.4
MISSISSIPPI ....................... 89.4 ............................ 75.8
MISSOURI .......................... 90.0 ............................ 80.8
MONTANA .......................... 99.3 ............................ 94.6
NEBRASKA .......................... 90.2 ............................ 80.7
NEVADA ........................... 107.4 ........................... 119.8
NEW HAMPSHIRE ............... 121.4 ........................... 142.4
NEW JERSEY ..................... 131.7 ........................... 174.5
NEW MEXICO .................... 103.1 ........................... 109.7
NEW YORK ....................... 130.4 ........................... 170.9
NORTH CAROLINA ................ 94.0 ............................ 86.4
NORTH DAKOTA ................... 93.8 ........................... 79.6
OHIO ................................. 95.4 ........................... 84.3
OKLAHOMA ......................... 88.5 ........................... 75.5
OREGON ........................... 105.8 .......................... 111.2
PENNSYLVANIA .................. 100.9 .......................... 101.3
RHODE ISLAND ................... 124.4 ......................... 136.6
SOUTH CAROLINA ................ 94.2 ........................... 84.3
SOUTH DAKOTA ................... 91.1 .......................... 76.1
TENNESSEE ........................ 90.8 ........................... 79.3
TEXAS ............................... 88.9 .......................... 74.5 UTAH ................................ 96.1 ........................... 95.2 VERMONT ......................... 122.3 ......................... 149.7
VIRGINIA .......................... 103.5 ......................... 110.4
WASHINGTON ................... 104.4 ......................... 107.6
WEST VIRGINIA .................. 95.3 ........................... 93.0
WISCONSIN ....................... 94.2 ........................... 86.1
WYOMING ........................ 100.9 .......................... 104.8
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