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New Jersey Ranks First in the Nation in Median Monthly Housing Costs for Homeowners
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2003 American Community Survey

Rank State Amount   Rank State Amount
             
1 NEW JERSEY $1,723

26 Michigan $1,122
2
Hawaii 1,666
  27 Pennsylvania 1,094
3
California 1,660
  28 North Carolina 1,079
4
Connecticut 1,598
  29 Ohio 1,068
5 Massachusetts 1,571
  30 South Carolina 1,037
6 New York 1,474
  31 Maine 1,025
7 New Hampshire 1,420
  32 Nebraska 1,002
8 Maryland 1,395
  33 Kansas 993
9
Rhode Island 1,381
  34 New Mexico 963
10 Washington 1,380
  34 Tennessee 963
11 Alaska 1,374
  36 Indiana 952
12 Colorado 1,358
  37 Montana 951
13 Illinois 1,340
  38 Missouri 945
14 Nevada 1,279
  39 Wyoming 920
15 Virginia 1,278
  40 South Dakota 918
16 Oregon 1,216
  41 Idaho 917
17 Minnesota 1,212
  42 Iowa 913
18 Delaware 1,184
  43 Louisiana 911
19 Utah 1,173
  44 Kentucky 906
20 Texas 1,166
  45 North Dakota 904
21 Georgia 1,155
  46 Alabama 871
22 Florida 1,151
  47 Oklahoma 861
23
Arizona 1,146
  48 Mississippi 849
24
Vermont 1,142
  49 Arkansas 806
25 Wisconsin 1,138   50 West Virginia 783
             
          50 State Average
$1,147
          N.J. % Above Average 50.3%

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