For gas, let's assume you drive 1,000 miles a month and your car averages 23 miles per gallon. You'd need to budget about $87 per month with prices at $2 per gallon. That leaves only $124 for a car payment, parking and other transportation expenses.
North Dakota grew the fastest, increasing its population by 2.2 percent in the same time span. Colorado increased 1.9 percent. From 2010 to 2015, Colorado grew by 408,320 people, a 7.5 percent increase and the fourth-fastest growth rate behind North Dakota, Washington D.C. and Texas.
1 Texas - 38, an increase of 4 electoral votes. 2  The state's population increased by 4,293,741 or 20.6 percent to 25,145,561 in 2010. 3  Utah - 6, an increase of 1 electoral vote. 4  The state's population increased by 530,716 or 23.8 percent to 2,763,885 in 2010.