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Several sources report Connecticut’s cost of living remains higher than Florida’s.

Rent Cafe’s cost of living calculator suggests that moving to Connecticut from Florida would raise one’s cost of living by 11%.

In the World Population Review’s ranking, Connecticut has the 12th highest cost of living while Florida has the 18th.

The Council for Community and Economic Research similarly found that Connecticut has a higher cost of living index than Florida.

Methodologies vary, but account for some combination of grocery items, housing, utilities, transportation, health care, and miscellaneous goods and services when calculating each state’s cost of living.

These comparisons do not account for differences in average income.

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Mariana Navarrete Villegas is a Community Engagement Reporter for The Connecticut Mirror, covering Hartford. She recently graduated from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism with a master’s degree in Bilingual Journalism. Previously, she was the Community Engagement and Video Assistant at Epicenter-NYC and a Podcast Intern at The Take, Al Jazeera English’s daily news podcast. As a reporter, she has covered stories from New York to Florida, California, Panama, and Mexico, focusing on labor rights, immigration, and community care. She also hosts 'La Chismesita,' a community radio show in New York that archives oral histories through conversations with women community leaders. Originally from Mexico, Mariana spent her teenage years in Panama. She holds a B.A. in Global Studies with a minor in Psychology from Saint Leo University, where she interned at the International Rescue Committee.