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Cost of Living
The American Chamber of Commerce Researchers Association provides the following comparison between Billings and nine other cities west of the Mississippi River. The average for all participating places, both metropolitan, 100, and each participant's index is read as a percentage of the average for all places.
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COST OF LIVING ( 2nd Quarter 2003)
Source: Montana State University – Billings’ Center for Applied Economic Research
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| City |
Composite Index |
Grocery Items |
Housing |
Transportation |
Health Care |
Misc. Goods & Services |
| Fort Collins, CO |
99.4 |
104.7 |
94.4 |
106.6 |
96.8 |
103 |
| Cheyenne, WY |
101.4 |
117.1 |
104.6 |
95.7 |
97.7 |
98.9 |
| Fairbanks, AK |
126 |
122 |
128 |
113.2 |
163.3 |
122.3 |
| Flagstaff, AZ |
106.1 |
106.3 |
113.1 |
109.9 |
116.4 |
99.8 |
| Fresno, CA |
113.7 |
119.5 |
117.4 |
123 |
110 |
105 |
| Billings, MT |
98.8 |
109.4 |
88 |
104.7 |
99.3 |
99.1 |
| Portland, OR |
113.2 |
112.2 |
114.9 |
116.8 |
128.3 |
112.1 |
| Provo, UT |
95.3 |
95 |
85.1 |
101.3 |
97.4 |
104.7 |
| Sante Fe, NM |
114.2 |
103.3 |
146.1 |
99.4 |
104.6 |
105.5 |
| Yakima, WA |
99.3 |
110.7 |
93.7 |
96.5 |
119.7 |
103.2 |
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