What is in this file
One row per state, plus DC and Puerto Rico where available. The rank universe is 50 states; reference rows have an empty rank. The file is sorted by descending value with reference jurisdictions after the states.
- Period
- 2024
- Release
- 2026-02-19
- Updated
- 2026-10-23
- Producer
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Source
- Regional Price Parities · SARPP line 1
- Units
- Index, U.S. = 100
- Cadence
- Annual
Quick validation snapshot
California has the highest estimate (110.7); Arkansas has the lowest (86.9). The U.S. benchmark is 100.0. These are useful checks when importing the CSV into a spreadsheet. Reference jurisdictions may lie outside the 50-state range, so exclude rows marked reference when reproducing the default state ranks.
Price parities are geographic indexes, not inflation rates. U.S. = 100.
Calculation and reproducibility
Published index; U.S. price level = 100.
Immutable edition 2026-10-23 CSV · Full edition registry, including available histories
Column definitions
| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rank | 1 + the number of states with a higher source value; empty for reference rows. |
| jurisdiction | State name or labeled reference jurisdiction. |
| value | Numeric estimate, using the source’s available precision. |
| unit | Index, U.S. = 100 |
| moe_90 | Published 90% margin of error in the same units; empty when not published. |
| reference | True if excluded from the default 50-state ranking. |
| period | Reference period of the observation. |
| release | Date of the source release. |
| source | Producer and table/file identifier. |
| source_url | Producer file or source documentation; microdata rows link to the specific state input ZIP. |
Limits and reuse
This is a geographic price-level index, not a household budget or the inflation rate. State averages conceal local variation. Historical index changes describe prices relative to the nation, not absolute inflation.
This is an independent arrangement of federal statistical data. Cite the named producer for the original observations and Rank the States for computed ranks. Downloading or embedding does not imply government endorsement. Source files are archived with a checksum for reproducibility.
SHA-256: 38713c6224c4c26ae020ffecd4549b82dca84f43d34f93dfdb43f4070cf011da
Citation
Rank the States. Regional price parity, 2024. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, SARPP line 1; released 2026-02-19. Edition 2026-10-23. https://rankthestates.com/data/editions/2026-10-23/regional-price-parity.csv