ACCRA Cost of Living Index
First quarter 2004
The ACCRA Cost of Living Index measures the cost of consumer goods and services in 316 urban areas across the United States. The average cost of living number across all the areas is 100. The index factors in prices for housing, groceries, utilities, transportation and health care. But it excludes taxes.

Metro Area Rating
ALABAMA
Montgomery AL 98.2
Mobile AL 91.2
ALASKA
Fairbanks AK 129.4
Juneau AK 132.4
ARIZONA
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale AZ 98.7
Tucson AZ 96.1
ARKANSAS
Little Rock-North Little Rock AR 94.4
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers AR-MO 95.1
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale CA 149.9
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City CA 173.3
COLORADO
Denver-Aurora CO 105.5
Colorado Springs CO 97.5
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk CT 160.0
New Haven-Milford CT 120.5
DELAWARE
Dover DE 101.6
Wilmington DE-MD-NJ 104.7
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV 137.4
FLORIDA
Jacksonville FL 92.3
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall FL 112.2
GEORGIA
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta GA 98.7
Augusta-Richmond County GA-SC 92.1
IDAHO
Boise City-Nampa ID 97.5
Twin Falls ID 93.1
ILLINOIS
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet IL 130.9
Springfield IL 93.4
INDIANA
Indianapolis IN 97.3
Terre Haute IN 90.8
IOWA
Des Moines IA 95.4
Ames IA 100.0
KANSAS
Topeka KS 91.8
Wichita KS 94.9
KENTUCKY
Louisville KY-IN 94.0
Paducah KY-IL 89.4
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge LA 103.8
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner LA 97.8
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston-Quincy MA 138.0
Worcester MA 114.5
MICHIGAN
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn MI 109.1
Grand Rapids-Wyoming MI 97.5
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington MN-WI 114.0
Rochester MN 100.9
MISSISSIPPI
Gulfport-Biloxi MS 94.8
Jackson MS 92.8
MISSOURI
Kansas City MO-KS 96.5
St. Louis MO-IL 101.5
MONTANA
Billings MT 98.3
Bozeman MT 105.0
NEBRASKA
Lincoln NE 97.1
Omaha-Council Bluffs NE-IA 94.9
NEVADA
Las Vegas-Paradise NV 109.3
Reno-Sparks NV 102.7
NEW JERSEY
Edison NJ 127.9
Newark-Union NJ-PA 132.9
Bergen-Passaic NJ 141.6
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque NM 105.0
Santa Fe NM 116.6
NEW YORK
New York City (Manhattan) NY 216.6
New York City (Queens) NY 138.1
Syracuse NY 100.3
NORTH CAROLINA
Raleigh-Cary NC 98.1
Winston-Salem NC 91.9
NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck ND 94.5
Fargo ND-MN 90.0
OHIO
Cincinnati-Middletown OH-KY-IN 95.8
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor OH 105.6
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City OK 92.7
Tulsa OK 95.0
OREGON
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton OR-WA 114.3
Coos Bay OR 107.4
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia PA 117.2
Pittsburgh PA 96.7
RHODE ISLAND
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River RI-MA 130.6
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston-North Charleston SC 99.2
Greenville SC 92.8
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls SD 93.8
Vermillion SD 96.2
TENNESSEE
Knoxville TN 89.1
Memphis TN-MS-AR 91.1
TEXAS
Dallas-Plano-Irving TX 97.6
Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land TX 91.3
UTAH
St. George UT 92.4
Salt Lake City UT 98.0
VERMONT
Burlington-South Burlington VT 116.2
VIRGINIA
Charlottesville VA 107.7
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News VA-NC 100.2
WASHINGTON
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA 119.1
Spokane WA 103.9
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston WV 88.8
Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH 95.6
WISCONSIN
Green Bay WI 96.9
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis WI 102.1
WYOMING
Cheyenne WY 108.8
Laramie WY 98.3

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