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1 / 20#20. Johnson County
- Overall Grade: C+
- Public School Grade: B+
- Cost of living grade: C-
- Population: 8,457

With inflation still eating into American household budgets, middle-class Americans are paying keen attention to their finances and finding ways to reduce spending.
Nearly three-quarters of Americans surveyed by financial services provider Primerica at the end of 2022 said they are not able to save for their future due to rising costs. Home prices, rent, and food inflation as well as higher prices for gas in the last couple of years are making it so that each dollar earned has even less purchasing power than before.
Stacker compiled a list of counties with the lowest cost of living in Wyoming using 2022 rankings from Niche.

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1 / 20- Overall Grade: C+
- Public School Grade: B+
- Cost of living grade: C-
- Population: 8,457
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2 / 20- Overall Grade: A
- Public School Grade: A
- Cost of living grade: C-
- Population: 37,311

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3 / 20- Overall Grade: B+
- Public School Grade: A+
- Cost of living grade: C-
- Population: 30,812

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4 / 20- Overall Grade: B
- Public School Grade: A-
- Cost of living grade: C
- Population: 29,664

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5 / 20- Overall Grade: B
- Public School Grade: B-
- Cost of living grade: C
- Population: 99,905

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6 / 20- Overall Grade: C+
- Public School Grade: A-
- Cost of living grade: C
- Population: 8,830

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7 / 20- Overall Grade: B-
- Public School Grade: A
- Cost of living grade: C
- Population: 19,457

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8 / 20- Overall Grade: C+
- Public School Grade: B+
- Cost of living grade: C
- Population: 79,382
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9 / 20- Overall Grade: C
- Public School Grade: C+
- Cost of living grade: C
- Population: 8,607
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10 / 20- Overall Grade: C
- Public School Grade: B-
- Cost of living grade: C+
- Population: 46,758

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11 / 20- Overall Grade: B
- Public School Grade: B+
- Cost of living grade: C+
- Population: 39,434

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12 / 20- Overall Grade: C+
- Public School Grade: B+
- Cost of living grade: C+
- Population: 7,185

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13 / 20- Overall Grade: C+
- Public School Grade: B-
- Cost of living grade: C+
- Population: 14,714

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14 / 20- Overall Grade: C+
- Public School Grade: B-
- Cost of living grade: C+
- Population: 12,642

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15 / 20- Overall Grade: C+
- Public School Grade: B+
- Cost of living grade: C+
- Population: 13,702
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16 / 20- Overall Grade: B-
- Public School Grade: C
- Cost of living grade: C+
- Population: 42,459

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17 / 20- Overall Grade: C
- Public School Grade: B-
- Cost of living grade: C+
- Population: 6,891

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18 / 20- Overall Grade: B
- Public School Grade: A
- Cost of living grade: C+
- Population: 7,768

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19 / 20- Overall Grade: B-
- Public School Grade: B+
- Cost of living grade: B-
- Population: 11,671
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20 / 20- Overall Grade: C+
- Public School Grade: B-
- Cost of living grade: B-
- Population: 20,514