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1st Quarter 2010

In general, the most expensive areas to live are New England, Alaska, Hawaii, and the West Coast. The least expensive areas continue to be the Midwest and Southern States.

MERIC derives the cost of living index for each state by averaging the indices of participating cities and metropolitan areas in that state. Cities across the nation participate in ACCRA's survey on a volunteer basis. Price information in the survey is governed by ACCRA collection guidelines which strive for uniformity.

1ST Quarter 2010 Cost of Living Figures

STATE RANK  INDEX GROCERY ITEMS  HOUSING  UTILITIES TRANSPORTATION  HEALTH CARE MISC SERVICES
TN 1 89.05 93.23 76.7 87.22 93.25 91.34 97.25
KY 2 89.18 88.16 79.72 98.08 96.32 90.88 92.54
OK 3 89.48 94.09 76.72 91.57 94.1 93.52 96.28
AR 4 90.18 94.72 79.58 93.8 93.28 87.8 95.9
TX 5 91.26 89.9 82.4 99.71 95.14 97.27 94.99
MS 6 91.43 97.33 78.43 103.77 97.83 90.23 94.77
KS 7 91.48 90.96 84.89 89.23 96.9 92.2 96.24
NE 8 91.67 96.03 83.53 95.53 98.27 93.6 93.4
AL 9 91.86 99.87 79.06 96.62 96.31 87.84 97.6
ID 10 92.07 96.8 78.9 91.47 98.87 99.07 98.83
GA 11 92.41 102.59 79.15 91.09 97.88 99.39 97.88
MO 12 92.7 96.1 81.19 94.89 95.3 94.74 99.77
SD 13 92.8 88.7 86.3 102.7 86.4 103 98.3
OH 14 93.64 97.49 80.62 107.13 101.3 94.77 96.65
WV 15 94.68 91.68 95.78 90.45 102.08 94.63 93.53
ND 16 94.7 101.2 89.07 73.97 97.93 97.83 102
IA 17 94.77 94.21 91.08 93.47 100.29 94.99 96.69
IN 18 95.02 93.33 87.33 102.73 100.22 98.1 97.93
UT 19 95.25 102 87 81.8 96.85 90.23 104.25
NC 20 96.43 105.17 87.2 94.06 98.85 106.26 99.84
WI 21 96.81 93.4 92.58 103.68 101.73 105.34 96.94
LA 22 96.91 97.53 98.8 86.06 95.24 93.46 99.47
IL 23 97.5 98.08 92.36 101.91 103.91 100.89 97.72
MI 24 97.6 93 93.2 117.05 99.2 95.1 97
FL 25 97.99 103.99 94.56 94.21 103.28 97.46 97.94
VA 26 98 96.73 97.2 100.71 94.48 100.42 99.38
WY 27 98.3 100.7 105.25 94.55 88.85 97.05 95.85
SC 28 98.62 103.53 88.64 103.32 96.76 99.79 104.76
NM 29 99.9 102.13 100.25 95.33 98.83 98.9 100.63
DE 30 100.45 107.75 92.35 114.8 99.5 106.1 99.95
CO 31 100.83 102.97 110.69 88.89 96.01 101.87 96.51
PA 32 100.87 102.5 98.07 109.03 102.26 95.79 100.31
MT 33 101.3 112.37 99.23 91.7 98.33 103.13 102.63
MN 34 101.58 100.22 94.18 110.9 102.4 105.6 105.26
NV 35 102.5 106.2 103.2 96.8 104.3 103.95 101.35
WA 36 103.59 105.82 106.21 85.52 107.93 116.24 102.68
Az 37 104.27 101.11 113.91 95.47 100.66 99.44 101.53
OR 38 105.03 101.6 116.43 95.57 104.33 111.37 98.5
MA 39 117.1 107.15 124.7 139.1 101.65 119.2 112.9
NH 40 117.1 103.4 117.8 124.3 101.7 120.1 125.2
ME 41 119.2 101.6 146.8 109.3 110.3 106.6 109.3
VT 42 119.9 110.9 140.4 122 103.3 103.9 112.4
RI 43 121.7 110.6 125.4 127.6 102.9 115.2 129
MD 44 125.4 108.25 172.7 118.35 108.35 101.2 101.2
NJ 45 127.23 110.77 162.93 131.97 103.73 107.13 111.37
NY 46 128.02 110.5 165.15 132.87 108.75 109.28 109.54
CT 47 128.8 118.5 158.17 123.3 109.33 114.57 117.27
CA 48 131.46 112.68 185.74 102.38 113.79 110.37 108.29
AK 49 133.93 135.78 151.53 139.95 125.83 138.5 117.78
DC 50 137.9 109.5 219.1 98.9 109.2 103.4 103.3
HI 51 163 154 244.3 147.1 125.1 121 117.4
U.S. AVERAGE 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100