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COST OF LIVING INDEX
SECOND QUARTER 2004 |
|
Rank |
City |
All Items Index |
| 1 |
Memphis, TN |
88.8 |
| 2 |
Nashville, Metro, TN |
90.5 |
| 3 |
Jacksonville, FL |
90.7 |
| 4 |
Fort Worth, TX |
91.7 |
| 5 |
Oklahoma City, OK |
92.2 |
| 6 |
El Paso, TX |
92.9 |
|
7 |
Charlotte,
NC |
93.1 |
| 8 |
Atlanta, GA |
97.4 |
| 9 |
Austin, TX |
97.5 |
| 10 |
Tucson, AZ |
98.1 |
| 11 |
Columbus, OH |
100.0 |
| 12 |
Hampton Roads/SE, VA |
100.6 |
| 13 |
Cleveland, OH |
101.2 |
| 14 |
Albuquerque, NM |
102.4 |
| 15 |
Denver, CO |
104.6 |
| 16 |
Portland, OR |
107.6 |
| 17 |
Las Vegas, NV |
112.1 |
| 18 |
Fresno, CA |
116.8 |
| 19 |
Seattle, WA |
118.2 |
| 20 |
Boston, MA |
137.1 |
| 21 |
Washington, DC |
138.9 |
| 22 |
San Jose, CA |
172.5 |
| 23 |
San Francisco, CA |
181.5 |
|
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce - Bureau of
Census,
2000;
ACCRA - Cost of Living Index, 2004 NOTE: Five cities within this
population range did not report Cost of Living data to ACCRA.
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SELECTED SOUTHERN CITIES COST OF
LIVING
SECOND QUARTER, 2004 |
|
All
Items
Index |
City
|
All
Items
Index |
Grocery
Index
|
Rank
|
|
1 |
Houston, TX |
91.1 |
85.9 |
1 |
|
2 |
Charlotte, NC |
93.1 |
94.8 |
3 |
|
3 |
Dallas, TX |
95.5 |
91.1 |
2 |
|
4 |
Columbia, SC |
97.3 |
96.6 |
4 |
|
5 |
Atlanta, GA |
97.4 |
97.6 |
5 |
|
6 |
Raleigh, NC |
98.0 |
103.6 |
8 |
|
7 |
Birmingham, AL |
98.5 |
104.8 |
9 |
|
8 |
Orlando, FL |
98.9 |
99.5 |
7 |
|
9 |
Tampa, FL |
99.1 |
98.9 |
6 |
|
10 |
Richmond, VA |
99.9 |
108.2 |
10 |
|
All Items
Index |
City
|
Housing
Index
|
Rank |
Utilities
Index
|
Rank |
|
1 |
Houston, TX |
79.3 |
1 |
101.4 |
6 |
|
2 |
Charlotte, NC |
82.6 |
2 |
85.1 |
1 |
|
3 |
Dallas, TX |
85.2 |
4 |
99.8 |
5 |
|
4 |
Columbia, SC |
97.6 |
9 |
104.0 |
8 |
|
5 |
Atlanta, GA |
92.3 |
7 |
89.0 |
2 |
|
6 |
Raleigh, NC |
91.2 |
6 |
105.9 |
9 |
|
7 |
Birmingham, AL |
83.0 |
3 |
114.4 |
10 |
|
8 |
Orlando, FL |
89.2 |
5 |
98.3 |
4 |
|
9 |
Tampa, FL |
100.7 |
10 |
92.1 |
3 |
|
10 |
Richmond, VA |
94.7 |
8 |
103.5 |
7 |
|
All
Items Rank |
City |
Trans.
Index
|
Rank |
Healthcare
Index
|
Rank |
|
1 |
Houston, TX |
101.9 |
6 |
104.1 |
6 |
|
2 |
Charlotte, NC |
103.1 |
8 |
114.0 |
10 |
|
3 |
Dallas, TX |
102.4 |
7 |
102.8 |
4 |
|
4 |
Columbia, SC |
93.1 |
1 |
104.5 |
8 |
|
5 |
Atlanta, GA |
103.6 |
9 |
103.6 |
5 |
|
6 |
Raleigh, NC |
93.2 |
2 |
111.1 |
9 |
|
7 |
Birmingham, AL |
96.8 |
3 |
83.8 |
1 |
|
8 |
Orlando, FL |
100.7 |
5 |
94.3 |
3 |
|
9 |
Tampa, FL |
105.7 |
10 |
104.1 |
6 |
|
10 |
Richmond, VA |
97.3 |
4 |
84.7 |
2 |
|
All
Items
Rank |
City |
Misc. Goods & Services |
Rank |
|
1 |
Houston, TX |
96.1 |
2 |
|
2 |
Charlotte, NC |
98.5 |
4 |
|
3 |
Dallas, TX |
102.4 |
7 |
|
4 |
Columbia, SC |
95.9 |
1 |
|
5 |
Atlanta, GA |
101.4 |
6 |
|
6 |
Raleigh, NC |
99.5 |
5 |
|
7 |
Birmingham, AL |
107.6 |
10 |
|
8 |
Orlando, FL |
107.3 |
9 |
|
9 |
Tampa, FL |
97.2 |
3 |
|
10 |
Richmond, VA |
102.9 |
8 |
|
Source: ACCRA Inter-City Cost of Living
Indicators 2nd Quarter 2004 |
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