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If youre worried about making ends meet on your current income, the first step is to get informed.

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To help you get started, GOBankingRates examined the average cost of living in 12 Midwestern states.

The data is sourced from aGOBankingRates study conductedthis year.

Heres what you oughta know.

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Millennials for this study are defined as being born between 1981 and 1997.

The expenditure cost and mortgage costs can be used to calculate the average total cost of living.

All data was collected on and is up to date as of Jul.

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