By missourieconomy.org. 2018.
The list below shows US States ranked by cost of living
index and housing costs. Hawaii is the most expensive State with an overall
cost of living index at 190.1 and the cost of housing at 311.0.
State – Index - Housing
Hawaii
190.1 – 311.0
District
of Columbia 162.9 – 268.2
California
138.7 – 196.1
New York
135.7 – 197.1
Massachusetts
133.8 – 174.4
Maryland
131.3 – 189.4
Oregon
131.2 – 182.2
Alaska
130.6 – 138.1
Connecticut
128.8 – 155.4
Rhode Island
122.5 – 142.1
New
Jersey 122.5 – 155.0
Vermont
118.7 – 144.1
Maine
117.2 – 125.4
Washington
109.5 – 114.4
New
Hampshire 109.3 – 106.9
Nevada
108.3 – 119.2
Delaware
106.0 – 101.4
Colorado
105.5 – 120.7
Montana
104.0 – 110.5
Virginia
102.0 – 111.9
Minnesota
101.5 – 89.4
Florida
98.9 – 96.1
North
Dakota 98.7 – 94.4
Pennsylvania
98.6 – 93.1
South
Dakota 98.5 – 100.5
South
Carolina 98.3 – 87.4
Utah 98.2
– 95.0
Arizona
97.7 – 95.6
Wisconsin
95.8 – 88.8
Illinois
95.7 – 88.2
West
Virginia 94.7 – 88.6
Idaho 94.2
– 86.9
North
Carolina 94.0 – 83.0
Louisiana
93.6 – 86.8
Nebraska
93.3 – 88.4
Ohio 92.8
– 77.2
New
Mexico 92.8 – 84.1
Kentucky
91.8 – 80.9
Iowa 91.8
– 80.3
Texas
91.3 – 84.3
Georgia
91.2 – 76.8
Wyoming
90.5 – 79.8
Indiana
90.5 – 79.8
Kansas
89.7 – 76.5
Tennessee
89.5 – 80.3
Alabama
89.5 – 72.4
Michigan
89.3 – 78.0
Missouri
88.8 – 73.5
Arkansas
88.4 – 76.4
Oklahoma
88.1 – 74.6
Mississippi
85.7 – 70.8
The Index
covers the cost of housing, groceries, transportation, utilities, healthcare
and miscellaneous expenses. The high cost States are often the high tax states.
I was proud to see my home States of Missouri, Kansas and Georgia tanked with
the least expensive States. I can highly
recommend these States for economic development from my experience in St. Louis
MO and Salina KS and my familiarity with rural Georgia and South Atlanta Metro
where manufacturing jobs are needed. I live in North Atlanta Metro and we need
to solve our traffic gridlock problems before we add more development. St.
Louis has the best road and highway systems in the US and Salina Kansas has the
best manufacturing workforce. Atlanta has the best location for transport to
markets and a moderate winter.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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