<p class="ingestion featured-caption">Here's where Thanksgiving turkeys are cheapest and priciest this year.Mphillips007/Getty Images</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>Your Thanksgiving turkey might be more or less expensive depending on where you live.</li><li>The average price of a 15-pound turkey for <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/review-is-cracker-barrel-thanksgiving-turkey-meal-worth-it-family-2023-11">Thanksgiving</a> in 2024 is $31.16.</li></ul><p>With <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/kitchen/where-to-buy-pre-made-thanksgiving-dinner-online">Thanksgiving</a> just around the corner, many shoppers are worried about how the holiday will impact their grocery budgets, especially the cost of a turkey, which can vary depending on where you live.</p><p><a target="_blank" class href="https://financebuzz.com/cost-of-turkey-in-every-state">FinanceBuzz</a> ranked the most expensive and least expensive states to purchase a 15-pound Thanksgiving turkey this year. The study found that Americans can expect to pay an average of $31.16 for a 15-pound turkey for their Thanksgiving feast, or about $2.08 per pound.</p><p>The two most expensive states for buying a turkey — Hawaii and Alaska — are often considered to be the most remote states in the country with high transportation costs, while states with the least expensive turkeys also had lower average costs of living.</p><p>Other factors that could affect turkey prices in different states are the efficacy of supply chains, healthy turkey supply, and demand for the Thanksgiving staple.</p><p>However, while <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/inflation-october-cpi-consumer-price-index-federal-reserve-interest-rates-2024-11">grocery prices</a> are still high, there's a little holiday cheer to be found. FinanceBuzz reported that turkey prices in 2024 are down 12% on average from last year. <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/turkey-prices-down-thanksgiving/">CBS</a> reported that the drop in turkey prices could be because of a return to pre-pandemic supply chain status and lower levels of bird flu in Minnesota, which has affected turkey supplies in recent years.</p><p>Here are the 10 most expensive states to buy a turkey, ranked, followed by the 10 least expensive states to buy a turkey, ranked.</p><p>We also included each state's cost-of-living ranking , as reported by <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.forbes.com/advisor/mortgages/cost-of-living-by-state/">Forbes,</a> which ranked the average cost of living in each state from 1 to 50, with 1 having the highest cost of living and 50 having the lowest.</p>