U.S. Department of Commerce

State Rankings -- Statistical Abstract of the United States

HOMEOWNERSHIP RATE, 2008

[When states share the same rank, the next lower rank is omitted. Because of rounded data, states may have identical values shown, but different ranks. Cautionary note]

State Percent 1 Rank
    United States 67.8 (X)
Alabama 73.0 15
Alaska 66.4 41
Arizona 69.1 33
Arkansas 68.9 35
California 57.5 49
Colorado 69.0 34
Connecticut 70.7 23
Delaware 76.2 2
District of Columbia 44.1 (X)
Florida 71.1 21
Georgia 68.2 38
Hawaii 59.1 48
Idaho 75.0 6
Illinois 68.9 35
Indiana 74.4 8
Iowa 74.0 9
Kansas 68.8 37
Kentucky 72.8 16
Louisiana 73.5 12
Maine 73.9 10
Maryland 70.6 24
Massachusetts 65.7 44
Michigan 75.9 4
Minnesota 73.1 14
Mississippi 75.4 5
Missouri 71.4 20
Montana 70.3 30
Nebraska 69.6 31
Nevada 63.6 47
New Hampshire 75.0 6
New Jersey 67.3 39
New Mexico 70.4 26
New York 55.0 50
North Carolina 69.4 32
North Dakota 66.6 40
Ohio 70.8 22
Oklahoma 70.4 26
Oregon 66.2 42
Pennsylvania 72.6 18
Rhode Island 64.5 46
South Carolina 73.9 10
South Dakota 70.4 26
Tennessee 71.7 19
Texas 65.5 45
Utah 76.2 2
Vermont 72.8 16
Virginia 70.6 24
Washington 66.2 42
West Virginia 77.8 1
Wisconsin 70.4 26
Wyoming 73.3 13

Symbol
X Not applicable.

Footnote
1Represents the proportion of owner households to the total number of occupied households.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "Housing Vacancies and Home Ownership".
See Table 958, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2010.

For more information:
Housing Vacancies and Homeownership

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