Highest Us Cities For Cremation Order

Cremation costs vary from state to state depending on each states laws of cremation by many factors such as religion or faith, cemetary, niche in a garden columbarium or if scattered ashes are allowed over bodies of water or land. In nearly every state their are areas of dispute over handling of cremation services. National or state parks do not allow the spreading of ashes over water ways or public land use. Many people and religions do not look kindly on the scattering of ashes and find it offensive.

The higest states for cremation are the following fifteen states: Connecticut, Ilinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island Vermont and Wisconsin. The average cremation cost there was $1500 for a simple cremation with no services. A small service with no body present was avaerage of $3500 and a larger service with a traditional funeral with a closed casket and cremation after the funeral service was an average of $7000.

The next fourteen states with prices that ranged from $1250 for a cremation with no services, $3250 for a small service with no body present and $6500 for a tradition service with a closed casket and the cremation following later were the following states: Alabama, Delaware, Districk of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Mossouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

The lowest states for cremation services were the following states: Arizona, Arkansa, California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Vevada, Dorth Dakota,Okalahoma, Oregaon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. In these states the cremation costs were only $1000 for the minimal cremation service, $3000 for a small service with no body present and $6000 for a traditional funeral with the cremation to follow after the funeral.

Costs of cremations differ from state to state because where you have older established populations the cemeteries are beginning to run out of space for new traditional plots for the traditional funeral where a casket and concrete liner are required. Memorial garden cemeteries are becoming more popular as more people are starting to use a cremation method instead. The cost of a cremation even with a traditional casket funeral with the cremation following is actually still more affordable than a traditional funeral with casket and concrete liner going to a cemetery.

As the country becomes more aware of the effects of global warming many families are taking it one step further by planning a cremation service to save the ground water from absorbing toxic chemicals that are used to preserve the body in a traditional funeral. A cremation does not require the body to be embalmed nor does it require a casket or concrete liner saving space in a family plot or the urn can be placed in a garden columbarium, the urn can be taken home and placed in your home, the ashes can be scattered depending on your states requirements or the ashes can be divided between family members in tasteful cremation jewelry.