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Mortgage closing costs by state: 2004
Closing Costs » Mortgage Closing Costs By State: 2004
Bankrate.com researchers gathered closing-cost information from 50 states and the District of Columbia. Below, ranked from most-expensive to least-expensive, are the average total closing costs charged for a mortgage, in each state.
Closing costs by state |
| Rank | States -- ranked by cost | Closing cost |
| 1 | Pennsylvania | $9,826 |
| 2 | Delaware | $8,928 |
| 3 | Maryland | $8,623 |
| 4 | Hawaii | $8,063 |
| 5 | New York | $7,770 |
| 6 | DC | $7,111 |
| 7 | New Hampshire | $6,946 |
| 8 | Florida | $6,834 |
| 9 | Vermont | $6,694 |
| 10 | New Jersey | $6,278 |
| 11 | Tennessee | $6,075 |
| 12 | Rhode Island | $5,800 |
| 13 | Maine | $5,797 |
| 14 | Connecticut | $5,593 |
| 15 | Mississippi | $5,572 |
| 16 | Michigan | $5,558 |
| 17 | Minnesota | $5,492 |
| 18 | Georgia | $5,412 |
| 19 | Massachusetts | $5,350 |
| 20 | Virginia | $5,339 |
| 21 | Louisiana | $5,335 |
| 22 | Illinois | $5,306 |
| 23 | Iowa | $5,241 |
| 24 | Kentucky | $5,205 |
| 25 | Oregon | $5,146 |
| 26 | Kansas | $5,070 |
| 27 | West Virginia | $5,031 |
| 28 | Oklahoma | $5,020 |
| 29 | South Carolina | $5,011 |
| 30 | California | $5,002 |
| 31 | Arkansas | $4,869 |
| 32 | Ohio | $4,845 |
| 33 | Alabama | $4,796 |
| 34 | Wyoming | $4,792 |
| 35 | Wisconsin | $4,782 |
| 36 | Missouri | $4,715 |
| 37 | Indiana | $4,703 |
| 38 | Washington | $4,698 |
| 39 | Texas | $4,690 |
| 40 | North Dakota | $4,664 |
| 41 | Idaho | $4,640 |
| 42 | North Carolina | $4,546 |
| 43 | Colorado | $4,505 |
| 44 | New Mexico | $4,505 |
| 45 | South Dakota | $4,493 |
| 46 | Arizona | $4,419 |
| 47 | Alaska | $4,359 |
| 48 | Montana | $4,314 |
| 49 | Nevada | $4,193 |
| 50 | Utah | $4,057 |
| 51 | Nebraska | $3,749 |
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| | Average | $6,880 |