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Mississippi
2.
Louisiana
3.
West Virginia
4.
Arkansas
5.
Oklahoma
6.
Kentucky
7.
Alabama
8.
Iowa
9.
Kansas
10.
Indiana
11.
North Dakota
12.
Missouri
13.
Michigan
14.
Ohio
15.
Nebraska
16.
New Mexico
17.
South Dakota
18.
Tennessee
19.
Pennsylvania
20.
Illinois
21.
Wisconsin
22.
South Carolina
23.
Texas
24.
Georgia
25.
Wyoming
26.
North Carolina
27.
Minnesota
28.
Delaware
29.
Virginia
30.
Idaho
31.
Florida
32.
Montana
33.
Vermont
34.
Maine
35.
Arizona
36.
Nevada
37.
Maryland
38.
Utah
39.
Colorado
40.
New York
41.
Oregon
42.
Connecticut
43.
New Hampshire
44.
Rhode Island
45.
New Jersey
46.
Alaska
47.
Washington
48.
Massachusetts
49.
California
50.
The cost of living indexes for each state were 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 Sept. 24, 2024.
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