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Cost of Living Index for Selected U.S.
Cities1
The following table shows the cost of living in U.S. cities according to percent of income spent on goods, including groceries, housing, utilities, transportation, health care, and more.
| Component
index weights |
100% |
12.49% |
29.84% |
9.94% |
10.73% |
4.07% |
32.93% |
| |
Composite
index2 |
Grocery
items |
Housing |
Utilities |
Trans-
portation |
Health
care |
Misc.
goods
and services3 |
| Montgomery, Ala. |
95.9 |
98.7 |
94.2 |
100.4 |
94.8 |
85.7 |
96.4 |
| Juneau, Alaska |
134.7 |
135.6 |
150.6 |
138.2 |
127.1 |
144.4 |
121.8 |
|
Phoenix, Ariz. |
101.0 |
100.5 |
102.1 |
93.9 |
100.8 |
101.0 |
102.6 |
|
Los Angeles, Calif. |
145.4 |
111.8 |
254.0 |
78.9 |
113.6 |
103.8 |
104.0 |
|
San Diego, Calif. |
140.3 |
111.9 |
220.5 |
105.1 |
111.3 |
116.3 |
107.7 |
|
San Francisco, Calif. |
169.5 |
139.6 |
278.3 |
88.1 |
123.2 |
123.4 |
135.2 |
|
Colorado Springs, Colo. |
94.2 |
94.7 |
90.4 |
88.0 |
104.3 |
104.5 |
94.8 |
|
Denver, Colo. |
103.8 |
103.0 |
110.6 |
102.8 |
95.5 |
108.5 |
100.9 |
|
Washington, DC |
137.2 |
106.6 |
213.0 |
111.8 |
109.9 |
110.0 |
106.1 |
|
Jacksonville, Fla. |
99.1 |
99.1 |
96.5 |
88.3 |
106.8 |
96.0 |
102.3 |
|
Atlanta, Ga. |
96.5 |
98.7 |
92.9 |
85.2 |
103.6 |
103.4 |
98.9 |
|
Honolulu, Hawaii |
164.0 |
159.3 |
249.3 |
140.3 |
117.6 |
110.3 |
123.8 |
|
Chicago, Ill. |
110.8 |
108.4 |
126.5 |
108.2 |
113.2 |
104.3 |
100.0 |
| Springfield, Ill. |
93.3 |
94.6 |
85.4 |
97.7 |
107.4 |
122.0 |
91.7 |
| Des Moines, Iowa |
90.6 |
87.1 |
87.2 |
96.7 |
94.2 |
89.8 |
92.0 |
| Topeka, Kans. |
89.9 |
90.2 |
77.0 |
93.0 |
97.8 |
93.4 |
96.5 |
| Baton Rouge, La. |
91.6 |
95.4 |
84.0 |
89.6 |
92.5 |
99.9 |
95.6 |
|
Baltimore, Md. |
118.6 |
106.8 |
152.9 |
116.8 |
108.4 |
104.1 |
100.7 |
|
Boston, Mass. |
135.4 |
120.1 |
165.9 |
129.6 |
104.8 |
136.0 |
127.0 |
|
Detroit, Mich. |
98.6 |
97.6 |
97.9 |
107.9 |
100.7 |
99.2 |
96.1 |
|
Minneapolis, Minn. |
110.6 |
112.1 |
122.7 |
101.6 |
108.0 |
102.9 |
104.5 |
| Jackson, Miss. |
93.9 |
90.8 |
85.9 |
103.7 |
93.6 |
104.5 |
97.4 |
|
St. Louis, Mo. |
91.8 |
106.2 |
78.8 |
91.2 |
96.1 |
97.2 |
95.2 |
| Billings, Mont. |
104.5 |
97.1 |
119.8 |
102.2 |
94.5 |
100.9 |
98.9 |
| Omaha, Neb. |
88.9 |
87.2 |
79.3 |
88.3 |
101.0 |
94.7 |
93.2 |
|
Las Vegas, Nev. |
110.3 |
100.8 |
135.1 |
106.5 |
104.4 |
107.0 |
97.0 |
|
Albuquerque, N.M. |
98.7 |
100.3 |
104.0 |
87.0 |
99.1 |
98.9 |
97.0 |
| Buffalo, N.Y. |
101.8 |
105.4 |
90.6 |
134.5 |
107.5 |
93.4 |
99.4 |
| New York (Manhattan), N.Y. |
214.3 |
158.2 |
400.7 |
152.5 |
122.6 |
128.4 |
139.6 |
|
Charlotte, N.C. |
90.0 |
99.2 |
76.5 |
83.5 |
92.4 |
104.3 |
96.9 |
| Cincinnati, Ohio |
90.8 |
89.2 |
81.3 |
99.6 |
98.9 |
91.9 |
94.0 |
|
Cleveland, Ohio |
99.3 |
106.6 |
90.4 |
113.3 |
101.7 |
102.4 |
98.7 |
|
Oklahoma City, Okla. |
90.4 |
86.4 |
79.6 |
84.0 |
100.4 |
103.9 |
97.8 |
| Eugene, Ore. |
110.7 |
90.2 |
137.7 |
83.2 |
111.4 |
111.3 |
104.4 |
|
Portland, Ore. |
121.4 |
124.3 |
135.8 |
104.0 |
111.1 |
107.9 |
118.2 |
|
Philadelphia, Pa. |
124.1 |
124.4 |
146.1 |
116.5 |
105.9 |
110.9 |
115.3 |
|
Memphis, Tenn. |
89.7 |
90.5 |
77.4 |
84.1 |
92.3 |
97.1 |
99.1 |
|
Dallas, Tex. |
91.5 |
99.0 |
72.3 |
98.9 |
103.5 |
101.6 |
97.5 |
|
El Paso, Tex. |
93.4 |
112.1 |
79.4 |
95.9 |
99.3 |
100.3 |
94.4 |
|
San Antonio, Tex. |
94.5 |
83.7 |
85.1 |
83.8 |
100.1 |
102.5 |
106.6 |
| Salt Lake City, Utah |
101.1 |
102.3 |
99.2 |
87.7 |
103.6 |
99.2 |
105.5 |
| Richmond, Va. |
106.9 |
94.7 |
112.7 |
112.6 |
108.1 |
102.1 |
105.3 |
|
Seattle, Wash. |
121.5 |
113.0 |
155.0 |
94.9 |
106.2 |
124.0 |
109.7 |
|
Milwaukee, Wis. |
100.3 |
95.3 |
106.4 |
96.5 |
100.2 |
111.1 |
97.2 |
| Cheyenne, Wyo. |
99.6 |
106.0 |
103.1 |
96.5 |
95.5 |
96.3 |
96.9 |
1. Data are from 2007.
2. Indicates relative price levels for
consumer goods and services. The average composite index for the nation
is 100%, and each city's index is read as a percentage of the overall
average.
3. Miscellaneous goods and services
readily available across the U.S., including fast food, haircut,
toiletries, denim jeans, newspaper subscription, movie ticket, beer, and
wine.
Source: ACCRA Cost of Living Index, ACCRA,
P.O. Box 100127, Arlington Va., 22210. Web: www.coli.org.
Information Please® Database, © 2008 Pearson
Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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