29. Minnesota
Annual Expenditure: $45,848
$100,000 Will Last: $2 years, 2 months, 6 days
No state is closer to the average cost of living than Minnesota, where costs are just 0.2 percent higher than the country as a whole. That’s not true statewide, though, as Minneapolis is among the more expensive major cities in the country. The cost to live comfortably there is $77,512 a year.