Cost-of-living pressure by state

State	Electricity ¢/kWh (YoY)	Gasoline $/gal	Unemployment %
Alabama	16.4 (+2.1%)	3.76	3.4
Alaska	28.2 (+5.0%)	4.94	4.3
Arizona	15.2 (-0.3%)	4.53	4.9
Arkansas	14.1 (+5.6%)	3.76	4
California	34.7 (+3.4%)	5.74	5.1
Colorado	17.1 (+6.8%)	4.27	3.9
Connecticut	24.3 (-10.6%)	4.26	5.2
Delaware	19.3 (+6.2%)	3.97	4.8
District of Columbia	24.4 (+7.4%)	—	5.9
Florida	15.1 (-1.6%)	3.98	4.6
Georgia	16.4 (+2.5%)	3.85	3.3
Hawaii	52.7 (+28.7%)	5.42	2.7
Idaho	14.4 (+19.1%)	4.62	3.6
Illinois	19.9 (+8.8%)	4.31	4.9
Indiana	17.5 (+6.3%)	3.43	3.3
Iowa	15.9 (+3.9%)	3.89	3.2
Kansas	15.7 (+4.5%)	3.79	3.8
Kentucky	14.3 (+6.4%)	3.79	4.7
Louisiana	13.5 (+5.9%)	3.72	4.4
Maine	29.6 (+5.1%)	4.14	3.1
Maryland	21.8 (+13.2%)	3.94	4.2
Massachusetts	29.6 (-2.4%)	4.16	4.4
Michigan	23 (+10.4%)	4.09	4.9
Minnesota	17.5 (+2.3%)	3.98	4.3
Mississippi	14.9 (+5.8%)	3.69	3.6
Missouri	16.2 (+1.9%)	3.8	3.6
Montana	15.1 (+2.2%)	4.38	3.2
Nebraska	13.3 (+0.8%)	3.92	2.9
Nevada	13.1 (+6.9%)	4.88	5
New Hampshire	27 (+14.9%)	—	2.8
New Jersey	25 (+0.3%)	—	4.4
New Mexico	15.1 (+2.6%)	—	4.8
New York	29.5 (+11.1%)	—	4.4
North Carolina	14.7 (+10.2%)	—	3.6
North Dakota	14.1 (+3.0%)	—	2.2
Ohio	19.2 (+9.7%)	3.8	3.4
Oklahoma	14.3 (+5.1%)	3.69	4.3
Oregon	16.3 (+3.3%)	4.95	5.2
Pennsylvania	21.7 (+10.4%)	4.28	3.9
Rhode Island	29.2 (+8.9%)	—	3.9
South Carolina	15.6 (+5.1%)	—	4.2
South Dakota	15.4 (+8.0%)	—	2
Tennessee	14.1 (+1.8%)	3.77	3.4
Texas	15.9 (+4.5%)	3.68	4.5
Utah	13.4 (+2.1%)	4.42	3.6
Vermont	24.4 (+6.3%)	4.26	2.6
Virginia	17.2 (+13.1%)	3.87	3.7
Washington	14.9 (+15.0%)	5.44	5
West Virginia	15.5 (-2.3%)	—	4.1
Wisconsin	19.6 (+5.6%)	3.81	3.3
Wyoming	15.2 (+2.4%)	4.36	3

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