Most Expensive States To Live In 2024 Ranked By Population. The cost of living index for new. This web page ranks the states and the district of columbia based on their cost of living index in 2023, relative to the national average of 100.
If you want to skip our detailed analysis, you can go directly to the 5 most expensive states to live. The greatest rate of growth at the start of 2023 belonged to utah (1.50%), followed by idaho (1.43%) and texas (1.34%).