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

51 US states ranked by price level of utilities (US = 100), from lowest to highest. First are Idaho (68.1), Montana (72.8) and Utah (73). The middle one of the 51 has 89.4.

What this measures

How much household utilities cost here, meaning electricity, gas, water and sewer, compared with the US average of 100. Each year is compared with that year's US average. An estimate by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, 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	Idaho	68.1
2	Montana	72.8
3	Utah	73
4	Wyoming	74.1
5	North Dakota	75
6	Tennessee	76.4
7	Louisiana	76.7
8	New Mexico	77.9
9	Nebraska	79.4
10	Oklahoma	80.2
11	Illinois	80.4
12	Kentucky	80.9
13	South Dakota	81.3
14	Arkansas	81.9
15	Arizona	83.3
16	Mississippi	83.5
17	North Carolina	83.6
18	Washington	84
19	Indiana	84.7
20	Missouri	85.6
21	South Carolina	85.8
22	Colorado	86.8
23	Iowa	87.3
24	West Virginia	87.8
25	Ohio	89.2
26	Minnesota	89.4
27	Wisconsin	89.5
28	Alabama	89.9
29	Kansas	90.8
30	Oregon	91
31	Nevada	91.3
32	Georgia	92.3
33	Virginia	92.4
34	Texas	92.4
35	Florida	93.7
36	Michigan	99.7
37	Delaware	104
38	Maryland	109
39	District of Columbia	109
40	Alaska	113
41	New Jersey	115
42	Pennsylvania	118
43	Vermont	122
44	New York	135
45	Rhode Island	145
46	California	147
47	Maine	148
48	Connecticut	153
49	New Hampshire	156
50	Massachusetts	166
51	Hawaii	192

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