Rankings · Money

The cheapest states to live in

Cost of living.

MERIC/C2ER index, US avg 100, 2025

  1. 1Oklahoma86
  2. 2Mississippi87.3
  3. 3West Virginia88.3
  4. 4Alabama88.6
  5. 5Kansas88.8
  6. 6Missouri89
  7. 7Arkansas89.6
  8. 8Iowa89.7
  9. 9Michigan90.1
  10. 10Tennessee90.3
  11. 11Indiana91
  12. 12North Dakota91.4
  13. 13South Dakota91.9
  14. 14Texas92.1
  15. 15Louisiana92.3
  16. 16Georgia92.5
  17. 17Kentucky92.5
  18. 18Nebraska92.6
  19. 19New Mexico93.7
  20. 20Wyoming93.7
  21. 21Ohio94.3
  22. 22Minnesota94.6
  23. 23Illinois94.7
  24. 24South Carolina94.7
  25. 25Montana95.5
  26. 26Pennsylvania97.2
  27. 27Wisconsin97.7
  28. 28North Carolina97.8
  29. 29Idaho99.9
  30. 30Nevada100.2
  31. 31Virginia100.8
  32. 32Delaware101.9
  33. 33Florida102.2
  34. 34Utah102.2
  35. 35Colorado102.7
  36. 36Rhode Island110.6
  37. 37Arizona110.7
  38. 38New Hampshire111.4
  39. 39Oregon111.8
  40. 40Connecticut112.7
  41. 41Maine113
  42. 42Vermont113.6
  43. 43Washington114.1
  44. 44New Jersey115.1
  45. 45Maryland115.4
  46. 46Alaska124.9
  47. 47New York125.1
  48. 48District of Columbia138.8
  49. 49Massachusetts141.2
  50. 50California142.3
  51. 51Hawaii185
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Source: MERIC. · How this is built