Cost-of-living pressure by state

State	Electricity ¢/kWh (YoY)	Gasoline $/gal	Unemployment %
Alabama	16.8 (+3.8%)	3.74	3.2
Alaska	28.2 (+8.2%)	4.8	4.4
Arizona	15.2 (-3.1%)	4.47	4.9
Arkansas	14.4 (+8.9%)	3.8	4.1
California	33.3 (-0.1%)	5.6	5.2
Colorado	16.2 (+3.7%)	4.48	3.9
Connecticut	27.4 (-13.4%)	4.12	5.2
Delaware	19.4 (+6.9%)	3.96	4.9
District of Columbia	25.4 (+24.3%)	—	6
Florida	15.2 (+1.3%)	3.88	4.7
Georgia	15.8 (+5.7%)	3.82	3.4
Hawaii	52 (+26.7%)	5.42	2.6
Idaho	12.4 (+4.0%)	4.49	3.7
Illinois	23.9 (+28.4%)	4.4	5.1
Indiana	18.2 (+7.4%)	3.53	3.3
Iowa	14.1 (-0.1%)	4.12	3.2
Kansas	15.1 (+2.7%)	3.87	3.8
Kentucky	15 (+8.2%)	3.68	4.7
Louisiana	14.2 (+6.7%)	3.7	4.4
Maine	28.6 (+2.6%)	4.1	3.1
Maryland	21.8 (+14.6%)	4	4.3
Massachusetts	28.8 (-3.6%)	4.06	4.4
Michigan	22 (+8.8%)	4.17	5
Minnesota	17 (+7.0%)	4.15	4.4
Mississippi	16.2 (+8.9%)	3.66	3.8
Missouri	13.7 (+5.1%)	3.89	3.7
Montana	14.7 (+13.9%)	4.4	3.3
Nebraska	13.6 (+3.4%)	4.06	2.9
Nevada	13.6 (+2.3%)	4.78	5.1
New Hampshire	27.3 (+13.8%)	—	2.9
New Jersey	23.3 (+13.6%)	—	4.5
New Mexico	14.1 (-2.6%)	—	4.8
New York	29.9 (+12.1%)	—	4.6
North Carolina	15.1 (+5.4%)	—	3.6
North Dakota	13.6 (+3.9%)	—	2.3
Ohio	19.5 (+14.2%)	4.06	3.6
Oklahoma	13.4 (+3.4%)	3.87	4.2
Oregon	16.3 (+2.3%)	4.77	5.2
Pennsylvania	21.6 (+11.7%)	4.16	4.1
Rhode Island	29.5 (+1.6%)	—	4.1
South Carolina	16.2 (+5.0%)	—	4.4
South Dakota	15.7 (+9.8%)	—	2
Tennessee	14.5 (+5.4%)	3.66	3.5
Texas	16.4 (+5.9%)	3.64	4.4
Utah	13 (+2.9%)	4.36	3.6
Vermont	24.9 (+4.8%)	4.16	2.6
Virginia	17.6 (+15.4%)	3.93	3.7
Washington	15 (+9.5%)	5.26	5.2
West Virginia	16.8 (+3.8%)	—	4.2
Wisconsin	19.7 (+4.2%)	3.94	3.3
Wyoming	14.8 (+7.1%)	4.39	3.2

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