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Hawaii

49.

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Alaska

48.

California

47.

Maryland

46.

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Vermont

45.

Oregon

44.

Idaho

43.

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Washington

42.

Massachusetts

41.

New Jersey

40.

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New York

39.

Florida

38.

Montana

37.

Delaware

36.

Maine

35.

Nevada

34.

Connecticut

33.

Minnesota

32.

Rhode Island

31.

Colorado

30.

Arizona

29.

Kentucky

28.

New Hampshire

27.

Virginia

26.

Nebraska

25.

Pennsylvania

24.

Ohio

23.

West Virginia

22.

Wyoming

21.

South Carolina

20.

North Carolina

19.

Illinois

18.

Michigan

17.

Utah

16.

Indiana

15.

Georgia

14.

Tennessee

13.

Wisconsin

12.

Alabama

11.

New Mexico

10.

Iowa

9.

Texas

8.

South Dakota

7.

Missouri

6.

Louisiana

5.

Mississippi

4.

Kansas

3.

North Dakota

2.

Arkansas

1.

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

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

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

The data was collected on and is up to date as of Aug. 24, 2024.

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