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Home » Study shows how long Social Security, $1.5M nest egg would last in 50 states
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Study shows how long Social Security, $1.5M nest egg would last in 50 states

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Retirement nest eggs and Social Security benefits are key sources of funds for many Americans as they live out their golden years in the state of their choosing. 

A recently-released study from GOBankingRates looked at the financial runway that retirees would have in each state with Social Security benefits and $1.5 million socked away for retirement, finding West Virginia offered the most years before living costs would deplete their retirement savings.

The Mountain State ranked No. 1 with $1.5 million in retirement savings expected to sustain retirees there for a whopping 54 years while facing about $27,800 in living costs each year after Social Security benefits, according to the study. 

The Social Security Administration (SSA) allows Americans to access their Social Security retirement benefits early starting at age 62, though payments “will be reduced a small percentage for each month before your full retirement age” if they do that, according to the SSA. One’s “full retirement age” depends on when a person was born. 

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GOBankingRates said it used data from a slew of sources, including the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the SSA and Missouri Economic Research and Information Center, to determine its rankings of how states stack up in terms of the amount of time that Social Security and $1.5 million in retirement would last retirees residing in them.

Overall, the study indicated that those two sources of funds would provide different amounts of years of “financial security” for retirees in states across the country. States’ cost of living after Social Security ranged from $27,803 to $87,770 per year, it found. 

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GoBankingRates found the number of years that $1.5 million and Social Security would sustain retirees in each state was:

West Virginia: 54 years ($27,803 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Kansas: 52 years ($28,945 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Mississippi: 51 years ($29,426 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Oklahoma: 51 years ($29,666 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Alabama: 50 years ($30,207 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Missouri: 50 years ($30,327 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Arkansas: 49 years ($30,237 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Tennessee: 49 years ($30,928 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Iowa: 48 years ($31,168 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Indiana: 47 years ($31,709 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Indianapolis

Georgia: 47 years ($31,829 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

North Dakota: 47 years ($32,190 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Michigan: 46 years ($32,310 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

South Dakota: 46 years ($32,310 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Texas: 46 years ($32,490 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Nebraska: 46 years ($32,610 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Kentucky: 46 years ($32,670 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

New Mexico: 46 years ($32,670 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Louisiana: 45 years ($33,031 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Montana: 45 years ($33,331 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Ohio: 44 years ($33,827 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Pennsylvania: 44 years ($33,872 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

South Carolina: 44 years ($34,052 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Minnesota: 44 years ($34,113 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Wyoming: 44 years ($34,173 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Illinois: 44 years ($34,233 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

North Carolina: 42 years ($35,495 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

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Maryland: 41 years ($36,276 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Wisconsin: 41 years ($36,516 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Nevada: 41 years ($26,997 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Delaware: 40 years ($37,057 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Virginia: 40 years ($37,237 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Idaho: 39 years ($38,379 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Florida: 39 years ($38,379 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Colorado: 39 years ($38,559 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Utah: 35 years ($42,645 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Oregon: 35 years ($42,945 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

New Hampshire: 34 years ($43,847 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Connecticut: 34 years ($43,967 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Rhode Island: 34 years ($44,387 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Arizona: 34 years ($44,628 post-Social Security cost of living per year

Maine: 33 years ($45,048 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Washington: 33 years ($45,108 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Vermont: 33 years ($45,409 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

New Jersey: 33 years ($45,829 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Trenton, New Jersey

Alaska: 29 years ($50,997 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

New York: 29 years ($50,997 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

California: 24 years ($63,795 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Massachusetts: 23 years ($65,117 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

Hawaii: 17 years ($87,770 post-Social Security cost of living per year)

THIS MIDWESTERN STATE IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO RETIRE, NEW STUDY SAYS: SEE THE LIST

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