Where is the lowest cost of living in usa

Q: Where is the cheapest and safest place to live in USA?

Augusta, a small city near Georgias border with South Carolina, is one of the cheapest and safest places to live in the USA. It has a low crime rate and a low cost of living, making it perfect for those looking to live comfortably and save money.

Missouri had the 9th lowest cost of living in the United States for the third quarter 2022. In general, the most expensive areas to live were Hawaii, Alaska, the Northeast, and the West Coast. The least expensive areas were the Midwest and Southern states.

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2022 Third Quarter Cost of Living
Cost of Living Indices for Participating Missouri Cities - Third Quarter 2022
Which US state has the lowest cost of living?
Where is the cheapest and safest place to live in USA?
Where is the cheapest place to live in the US right now?

MERIC derives the cost of living index for each state by averaging the indices of participating cities and metropolitan areas in that state. Missouri’s cost of living index for the third quarter 2022 was 90.1.

Cities across the nation participate in the Council for Community & Economic Research (C2ER) survey on a volunteer basis. Price information in the survey is governed by C2ER collection guidelines which strive for uniformity.

2022 Third Quarter Cost of Living

Rank	State	Index	Grocery	Housing	Utilities	Transportation	Health	Misc.
1	Mississippi	84.5	91.9	68.5	88.5	92.6	99.5	91.2
2	Oklahoma	86.7	94.7	72.4	95.0	91.4	91.5	92.2
3	Alabama	87.1	98.2	68.2	100.2	88.1	89.5	95.2
4	Kansas	87.3	94.3	72.0	98.7	96.3	101.1	91.0
5	Iowa	88.2	98.0	70.6	95.5	95.4	98.9	94.9
6	Georgia	88.9	96.4	77.7	90.0	89.4	96.5	94.8
7	Ohio	89.4	100.8	71.1	92.4	95.6	94.4	98.5
8	West Virginia	89.8	96.3	76.9	91.7	104.7	97.1	94.0
9	Missouri	90.1	96.8	80.4	94.2	97.8	91.2	92.8
10	Indiana	90.2	94.5	76.8	107.6	94.8	97.5	93.3
11	Tennessee	90.3	94.4	84.0	94.7	91.2	87.8	93.3
12	Arkansas	90.7	92.5	78.4	100.1	89.7	84.2	100.6
13	Nebraska	91.1	96.9	81.6	88.8	102.1	99.3	94.2
14	Wyoming	91.66	101.4	80.4	81.7	96.4	98.2	98.6
15	Michigan	91.7	92.3	82.1	98.2	98.5	95.8	96.8
16	Illinois	91.9	100.5	81.7	94.6	104.3	96.0	92.8
17	Texas	92.6	91.0	84.8	105.9	91.9	94.8	96.8
18	Kentucky	92.8	92.5	75.7	105.4	105.9	77.0	105.4
19	Louisiana	93.5	98.8	85.2	88.3	96.0	100.4	99.2
20	New Mexico	93.8	96.8	87.3	88.4	101.0	103.0	97.4
21	Wisconsin	93.9	97.0	84.4	105.6	95.2	110.1	95.3
22	Minnesota	95.1	97.4	83.5	95.6	100.8	109.0	102.2
23	South Dakota	96.1	100.4	99.6	91.9	89.5	98.6	92.6
24	South Carolina	96.3	101.4	89.5	108.6	88.0	96.8	98.3
25	North Carolina	96.9	98.4	94.0	93.2	90.4	110.9	99.9
26	North Dakota	97.4	103.5	88.2	104.7	101.5	110.5	98.2
27	Pennsylvania	98.2	102.9	89.4	104.4	106.1	100.1	100.1
28	Idaho	98.9	95.6	102.3	79.2	114.8	93.0	100.7
29	Puerto Rico	100.6	118.6	86.3	155.6	84.9	73.7	94.0
30	Nevada	101.9	104.6	112.9	98.3	112.2	93.4	89.0
31	Utah	102.0	99.5	105.0	92.1	110.3	93.5	103.0
32	Virginia	102.1	96.3	108.3	100.1	94.1	102.7	101.4
33	Florida	104.5	106.4	112.2	99.0	97.7	98.0	100.2
34	Colorado	105.2	100.8	115.7	83.9	112.2	97.9	104.2
35	Montana	105.3	100.8	115.7	83.9	111.2	97.9	104.2
36	Delaware	105.4	106.4	103.7	94.1	117.5	109.6	106.8
37	Arizona	108.0	101.8	127.2	99.4	101.3	92.4	98.7
38	Rhode Island	111.2	96.3	113.8	123.5	110.8	101.6	114.3
39	New Jersey	114.0	107.0	133.5	106.4	111.4	96.5	103.7
40	Washington	114.0	107.0	133.5	106.4	111.4	96.5	103.7
41	Maine	114.5	103.2	119.8	113.7	111.5	128.7	127.4
42	New Hampshire	114.7	104.6	107.4	113.7	111.5	128.7	127.4
43	Connecticut	115.4	99.1	121.5	127.3	112.1	108.1	116.4
44	Vermont	116.4	106.8	129.5	122.0	121.3	109.6	106.3
45	Oregon	122.2	106.4	156.1	91.3	125.1	109.2	108.0
46	Maryland	124.1	112.2	157.0	106.9	103.0	94.4	112.4
47	Alaska	125.5	131.8	120.0	138.4	121.0	151.7	120.5
48	New York	135.7	109.2	194.1	100.6	105.6	103.1	114.9
49	California	138.7	112.3	194.0	122.4	124.4	109.7	110.0
50	Massachusetts	149.9	113.0	217.3	121.2	134.0	113.8	120.6
51	District of Columbia	153.4	105.2	243.9	118.4	109.7	94.8	118.9
52	Hawaii	186.0	148.5	307.0	134.6	128.3	120.3	124.1
US	*******	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

All of the participating Missouri cities had a composite index below the national average for the third quarter of 2022. The city with the lowest cost of living index for 2022 was Joplin with an index of 82.5 The city with the highest cost of living was Kansas City, with an index of 95.0. Cape Girardeau, MO-IL was added to the survey and had an index of 94.9 just lower than Kansas City, Mo-KS.

Cost of Living Indices for Participating Missouri Cities - Third Quarter 2022

Metro	Index	Grocery	Housing	Utilities	Transport.	Health	Misc.
Joplin, Mo	82.5	91.6	62.3	95.7	102.8	98.5	86.3
St. Louis MO-IL	87.0	99.1	75.0	90.2	96.0	90.5	88.5
Springfield, MO	87.1	96.6	73.5	88.0	85.0	97.8	94.3
Missouri	90.1	96.8	80.4	94.2	97.8	91.2	92.8
Columbia, MO	94.2	99.2	86.2	95.2	103.0	90.6	97.5
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	94.9	104.0	81.6	95.1	115.1	81.5	100.2
Kansas City MO-KS	95.0	90.3	103.7	100.9	85.1	88.3	90.1
US Average	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

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Which US state has the lowest cost of living?

1. Mississippi. Coming in as the cheapest state to live in in the United States is Mississippi with a cost of living index score of 83.3. It also has the lowest average housing costs in the nation at 33.7% below the national average.

Where is the cheapest and safest place to live in USA?

Augusta, a small city near Georgia's border with South Carolina, is one of the cheapest and safest places to live in the USA. It has a low crime rate and a low cost of living, making it perfect for those looking to live comfortably and save money.