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Where you live makes a great deal of difference when it comes to cost of living.
This pertains not only to housing, transportation and utility costs, but also to groceries.
The states are ranked to reflect the most expensive to cheapest in terms of theaverage annual cost of groceries.
Hawaii
49.
Alaska
48.
California
47.
Maryland
46.
Vermont
45.
Oregon
44.
Idaho
43.
Washington
42.
Massachusetts
41.
New Jersey
40.
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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