Cost of Living by State
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Affordable
Expensive
All States Ranked
1
Arkansas
205 cities · Very Affordable
70.8
2
Mississippi
174 cities · Very Affordable
70.8
3
Oklahoma
236 cities · Very Affordable
71
4
West Virginia
136 cities · Very Affordable
72.1
5
Kansas
198 cities · Very Affordable
73.8
6
Iowa
279 cities · Very Affordable
74.8
7
Nebraska
114 cities · Very Affordable
74.9
8
Alabama
293 cities · Very Affordable
75.4
9
Indiana
337 cities · Very Affordable
75.8
10
Kentucky
232 cities · Very Affordable
76.2
11
South Dakota
72 cities · Very Affordable
76.2
12
North Dakota
50 cities · Very Affordable
76.3
13
Louisiana
239 cities · Very Affordable
77.2
14
Missouri
362 cities · Very Affordable
77.8
15
Michigan
421 cities · Very Affordable
78.8
16
Ohio
648 cities · Very Affordable
80.4
17
New Mexico
119 cities · Very Affordable
82
18
Tennessee
287 cities · Very Affordable
83.4
19
South Carolina
244 cities · Very Affordable
84.4
20
Georgia
362 cities · Affordable
85.1
21
Wisconsin
379 cities · Affordable
85.9
22
Pennsylvania
893 cities · Affordable
86.5
23
Illinois
673 cities · Affordable
88.4
24
Maine
102 cities · Affordable
88.6
25
North Carolina
420 cities · Affordable
88.8
26
Texas
924 cities · Affordable
89.4
27
Montana
88 cities · Affordable
91.6
28
Idaho
97 cities · Affordable
92.2
29
Minnesota
359 cities · Affordable
92.2
30
Vermont
45 cities · Affordable
93.1
31
Wyoming
47 cities · Affordable
94.4
32
Arizona
174 cities · Average
95
33
Alaska
69 cities · Average
99.8
34
New Hampshire
61 cities · Average
100.7
35
Nevada
54 cities · Above Average
109.3
36
Rhode Island
23 cities · Above Average
111.3
37
Delaware
49 cities · Above Average
111.4
38
Florida
724 cities · Above Average
111.7
39
Oregon
217 cities · Above Average
112.7
40
Utah
163 cities · Expensive
120.5
41
Virginia
346 cities · Expensive
120.7
42
New York
766 cities · Expensive
124.8
43
Colorado
202 cities · Expensive
129
44
Maryland
300 cities · Expensive
131.2
45
Connecticut
141 cities · Expensive
132.9
46
Washington
354 cities · Expensive
133
47
New Jersey
477 cities · Expensive
137.9
48
Massachusetts
200 cities · Expensive
138.1
49
California
988 cities · Very Expensive
166.7
50
District of Columbia
1 city · Very Expensive
172.2
51
Hawaii
114 cities · Very Expensive
173.7