How much does milk cost in Hawaii? Or ground beef in California? It's not cheap to live in these 5 states. 1. New York 2014 Cost of Living rank: No. 50 (most expensive)2014 Cost of Living score: 1 (out of 50)Avg. home price (Manhattan): $1,358,917Half gallon of milk: $2.23Pound of ground beef: $4.39Monthly energy bill: $246.55Doctor visit: $103.25 Think a burger in New York costs too much? Then steer clear of one of the most expensive restaurants in the most expensive state: Masa. There's no menu here, but dinner at this Manhattan sushi house will set you back $450. Yes, that's per person—before drinks, tip and taxes. ... So think twice before ordering that sake.2. Hawaii 2014 Cost of Living rank: No. 49 (2nd most expensive)2014 Cost of Living score: 2 (out of 50)Avg. Home Price (Honolulu Metro): $742,651Half gallon of milk: $3.56Pound of ground beef: $3.80Monthly energy bill: $364.83Doctor visit: $109.87 Hawaii may be beautiful, but life in paradise doesn't come cheap. Locals joke that some staples cost more here than in Manhattan. Don't even think of comparing the second most expensive state to the rest of the country, where a dozen eggs averages $1.74. In Honolulu it's going to be nearly $2 more, at $3.40 a dozen! With these prices, Spam doesn't sound so bad. 3. Connecticut 2014 Cost of Living rank: #48 (3rd most expensive)2014 Cost of Living score: 3 (out of 50)Avg. home price (Stamford Metro): $597,977Half gallon of milk: $2.50Pound of ground beef: $3.95Monthly energy bill: $232.74Doctor visit: $116.64 Noah Webster, the author of the first American dictionary, was born in West Hartford, Connecticut, making it an appropriate place to review the definition of expensive. Even your breakfast in the third most expensive state will cost more than most in the Lower 48: A pound of bananas here, for instance, will set you back nearly $1—more than one and a half times the national average and only slightly less than Hawaii and Alaska. 4. California 2014 Cost of Living rank: No. 47 (4th most expensive)2014 Cost of Living score: 4 (out of 50)Avg. home price (San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco Metro): $820,479Half gallon of milk: $2.66Pound of ground beef: $3.57Monthly energy bill: $165.30Doctor visit: $130.96 The Golden State is an apt name for the fourth most expensive state to live in, where everyday costs rival the price of gold. If paying an average of $165 for your monthly energy bill and $24 for your home phone bill makes you want to jump in the Pacific, don't even think about the average price to buy a home: $820,479.5. Alaska 2014 Cost of Living rank: No. 46 (5th most expensive)2014 Cost of Living score: 5 (out of 50)2013 Cost of Living rank: No. 49 (2nd most expensive)Avg. home price (Fairbanks Metro): $395,133Half gallon of milk: $2.43Pound of ground beef: $4.35Monthly energy bill: $509.29Doctor visit: $168.67Aurora borealis—bright curtains of yellow, green, red and purple light produced by charged electrons and protons in the atmosphere—illuminates the sky over Fairbanks, Alaska, about 240 nights a year. Since the average cost of your power bill in the fifth most expensive state to live will set you back more than $500, you may be better off relying on the Northern Lights to brighten your home.Source: http://money.msn.com/