Rochester Voice 5:44 a.m.
Monday, April 7, 2025 5:45 am
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With the Consumer Price Index for clothing increasing rapidly over the past few years, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on the States Where People Spend the Most and Least on Clothes to shed light on where Americans are having the most trouble affording apparel.
To determine where consumers spend the most and least relative to their earnings, WalletHub analyzed the average prices of a men's dress shirt, a pair of boys' jeans and a pair of women's slacks in each of 50 states, then compared them to the median household income.
| Highest % of Income Spent | Lowest % of Income Spent | |
| 1. Kentucky | 41. Colorado | |
| 2. Louisiana | 42. California | |
| 3. Arkansas | 43. Washington | |
| 4. Kansas | 44. New Hampshire | |
| 5. Alabama | 45. New Jersey | |
| 6. Ohio | 46. Rhode Island | |
| 7. West Virginia | 47. Maryland | |
| 8. North Dakota | 48. Massachusetts | |
| 9. Mississippi | 49. Connecticut | |
| 10. Utah | 50. Nevada | |
To view the full report and your state's rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/states-where-people-spend-the-most-least-on-clothes/145022