US States With the Lowest Price Level of Goods (US = 100)

51 US states ranked by price level of goods (US = 100), from lowest to highest. First are Louisiana (93), Arkansas (93.1) and Oklahoma (93.3). The middle one of the 51 has 97.4.

What this measures

How much goods cost here, such as food, clothing, cars and fuel, compared with the US average of 100. Goods prices differ much less from place to place than rents do. Each year is compared with that year's US average. An estimate by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, from prices the Consumer Price Index collects, for states and metro areas only. Source: BEA Regional Price Parities.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

Every state

Rank	State	index, US = 100
1	Louisiana	93
2	Arkansas	93.1
3	Oklahoma	93.3
4	Ohio	94.2
5	Tennessee	94.3
6	Wisconsin	94.3
7	Mississippi	94.4
8	Kentucky	94.5
9	Alabama	94.6
10	Utah	94.7
11	Indiana	95.6
12	West Virginia	95.7
13	Michigan	95.8
14	Idaho	95.9
15	South Carolina	95.9
16	Montana	96.5
17	Kansas	96.5
18	Nebraska	96.5
19	Iowa	96.6
20	North Carolina	96.8
21	Nevada	96.8
22	North Dakota	97
23	Wyoming	97.1
24	Delaware	97.3
25	Missouri	97.3
26	South Dakota	97.4
27	New Mexico	97.4
28	Georgia	97.7
29	Vermont	97.9
30	Arizona	97.9
31	Texas	98.1
32	Florida	98.2
33	Rhode Island	98.3
34	Maine	98.3
35	Pennsylvania	98.4
36	Connecticut	98.6
37	Colorado	99.2
38	Massachusetts	100
39	New Hampshire	100
40	Virginia	101
41	Illinois	102
42	Minnesota	102
43	Maryland	103
44	Alaska	104
45	Oregon	105
46	New York	105
47	New Jersey	106
48	District of Columbia	107
49	California	107
50	Washington	107
51	Hawaii	110

More on price level of goods (US = 100)

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