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But many boomers are not.

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From there, we found the 10 most affordable states for baby boomers.

Indiana

9.

Kansas

8.

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Iowa

7.

Alabama

6.

Kentucky

5.

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Oklahoma

4.

Arkansas

3.

Louisiana

2.

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West Virginia

1.

The cost of living indexes for each state was sourced from Missouri Economic Research Information Center.

This calculation gives the average expenditure cost of living for each generation in each state.

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The states were sorted to show the cheapest to most expensive total cost of living.

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