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Relative Value of $100

Value of $100. Every state colored on one scale across all years, joined to the map by FIPS code.

2024
20082024
Texas: $103.03California: $90.32Kentucky: $110.92Georgia: $103.85Wisconsin: $106.28Oregon: $96.75Missouri: $110.11Virginia: $98.91Tennessee: $108.85Louisiana: $113.37New York: $92.66Idaho: $104.72Florida: $96.70Illinois: $100.04Montana: $105.66Minnesota: $101.40Maryland: $95.28Iowa: $113.94District of Columbia: $90.99Ohio: $107.79Nebraska: $110.98Washington: $93.45South Dakota: $112.88Oklahoma: $113.84Wyoming: $107.89West Virginia: $111.74Indiana: $107.15Massachusetts: $94.56Nevada: $100.02North Dakota: $112.41Arkansas: $115.03Mississippi: $115.00Colorado: $97.04North Carolina: $106.02Utah: $101.15Hawaii: $90.95New Mexico: $108.45Kansas: $111.03Rhode Island: $97.77Michigan: $103.93Alaska: $97.70Delaware: $100.19Alabama: $112.58South Carolina: $106.67Maine: $103.04New Jersey: $91.91Pennsylvania: $102.49New Hampshire: $96.00Arizona: $99.33Connecticut: $96.52Vermont: $102.08$103$90$111$104$106$97$110$99$109$113$93$105$97$100$106$101$95$114$108$111$93$113$114$108$112$107$95$100$112$115$115$97$106$101$91$108$111$104$98$113$107$103$102$99
$87.53
$117.62

The color scale is fixed across all years, so a state changing shade as you move the slider is a real change in the value.

2024 · Highest: Arkansas $115.03 · Lowest: California $90.32

Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · SARPP · table · 2008 to 2024

See the dollar's value over time ↗

Reading it. Computed as $100 times 100 divided by the state Regional Price Parity (all items). Above $100 means a dollar stretches further than the national average; it reflects overall prices, not any one household's costs.

Comparing states is harder than it looks. A dollar buys more in some states than others, and survey estimates carry a margin of error. Read the map for the pattern, not for a precise ranking.