The Expensive Cities

THE following figures represent the yearly gross income that a family of four must earn in each area to get by on a "moderate" standard of living. The Labor Department figures, the latest available, are for the spring of 1967--and since then, consumer prices have jumped almost 10%.

Honolulu. . . . $10,902 Cleveland. . . . 9,262 Cincinnati--KY--Ind. 8,826

New York. . . .9,977 Champaign--Urbana 9,257 Bakersfield, Calif. . .8,822

Boston. . .. . 9,973 Indianapolis.. . .9,232 Pittsburgh. . . .8,764

Hartford. . . .9,833 San Diego. . . .9,209 Baltimore. . . 8,685

San Fran.--Oak. .. 9,774 Portland, Me. . .9,195 Durham, N.C. . .8,641

Buffalo. . . .9,624 St. Louis--Southern Ill. 9,140 Dayton. . .8,636

Seattle--Everett 9,550 Denver. . .9,080 Nashville. . .8,388

Milwaukee. . ..9,544 Philadelphia... 9,079 Baton Rouge. . .. . . 8,348

Minneapolis--St. Paul. . . .9,399 Detroit. . . 8,981 Dallas. . . .8,345

Cedar Rapids. . .. 9,358 Kansas City. . . 8,965 Atlanta. . . .8,328

Chicago--N.W. Ind. . . 9,334 Lancaster, Pa. . . .8,960 Houston. . .8,301

Los Angeles. . . .9,326 Green Bay, Wis. . . .8,955 Orlando, Fla. . . .8,227

Wash., D.C.--Md.--Va. 9,273 Wichita. .. .8,907 Austin, Texas. . . .7,952

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