U.S. Census Bureau
 Housing Vacancies and Homeownership (CPS/HVS)




Annual Statistics: 2003


Table 13.  Homeownership Rates by State: 1984 to 2003
 
                    1984     1985     1986     1987     1988     1989
 
United States...    64.5     63.9     63.8     64.0     63.8     63.9
 
Alabama.........    73.7     70.4     70.3     67.9     66.5     67.6
Alaska..........    57.6     61.2     61.5     59.7     57.0     58.7
Arizona.........    65.2     64.7     62.5     63.3     66.1     63.9
Arkansas........    65.9     66.6     67.5     68.1     67.0     66.3
California......    53.7     54.2     53.8     54.3     54.4     53.6
Colorado........    64.7     63.6     63.7     61.8     60.1     58.6
Connecticut.....    67.8     69.0     68.1     67.0     66.5     66.4
Delaware........    70.4     70.3     71.0     71.1     70.1     68.7
District of Colu    37.3     37.4     34.6     35.8     37.5     38.7
Florida.........    66.5     67.2     66.5     66.3     64.9     64.4
Georgia.........    63.6     62.7     62.4     63.9     64.8     64.7
Hawaii..........    50.7     51.0     50.9     50.7     53.2     54.7
Idaho...........    69.7     71.0     69.8     71.6     71.5     70.2
Illinois........    62.4     60.6     60.9     61.0     61.4     61.9
Indiana.........    69.9     67.6     67.6     69.1     68.3     68.2
Iowa............    71.3     69.9     69.2     67.7     68.3     69.6
Kansas..........    72.7     68.3     66.4     67.9     68.6     68.1
Kentucky........    70.2     68.5     68.1     67.6     65.4     64.9
Louisiana.......    70.1     70.2     70.4     71.0     68.5     66.3
Maine...........    74.1     73.7     74.0     73.2     72.2     73.6
Maryland........    67.8     65.6     62.8     62.7     63.5     65.5
Massachusetts...    61.7     60.5     60.3     60.6     60.0     58.9
Michigan........    72.7     70.7     70.9     71.7     72.5     73.2
Minnesota.......    72.6     70.0     68.0     68.9     69.1     68.3
Mississippi.....    72.3     69.6     70.4     72.5     73.7     72.2
Missouri........    69.5     69.2     67.8     66.1     64.8     63.7
Montana.........    66.4     66.5     64.4     65.0     65.4     67.9
Nebraska........    69.3     68.5     68.3     66.8     66.6     67.2
Nevada..........    58.9     57.0     54.5     54.1     54.3     54.3
New Hampshire...    67.1     65.5     64.8     66.4     67.9     67.0
New Jersey......    63.4     62.3     63.3     64.0     64.8     65.7
New Mexico......    68.0     68.2     67.8     67.2     65.4     65.5
New York........    51.1     50.3     51.3     52.0     50.7     52.3
North Carolina..    68.8     68.0     68.2     68.4     68.3     69.4
North Dakota....    70.1     69.9     69.2     68.9     67.7     67.1
Ohio............    67.7     67.9     68.2     68.6     69.6     69.6
Oklahoma........    71.0     70.5     69.7     70.9     72.1     71.4
Oregon..........    61.9     61.5     63.9     64.6     64.0     63.4
Pennsylvania....    71.1     71.6     72.3     71.8     72.1     72.8
Rhode Island....    60.9     61.4     62.2     60.4     62.0     61.2
South Carolina..    69.1     72.0     70.3     72.8     73.8     71.0
South Dakota....    69.6     67.6     65.9     66.8     66.4     65.8
Tennessee.......    67.6     67.6     67.4     67.2     66.9     67.3
Texas...........    62.5     60.5     61.0     61.1     59.9     61.0
Utah............    69.9     71.5     68.0     69.0     70.2     70.4
Vermont.........    66.9     69.5     69.8     70.5     68.7     69.7
Virginia........    68.3     68.5     68.2     69.0     69.8     70.2
Washington......    65.7     66.8     65.1     64.4     64.2     64.2
West Virginia...    72.0     75.9     76.4     72.5     73.2     74.8
Wisconsin.......    65.2     63.8     66.5     68.2     68.0     69.3
Wyoming.........    68.8     73.2     72.0     68.9     67.8     69.6
 
Table 13.  Homeownership Rates by State: 1984 to 2003 - Continued
 
                    1990     1991     1992     1993    1993/r    1994
 
United States...    63.9     64.1     64.1     64.5     64.0     64.0
 
Alabama.........    68.4     69.9     70.3     70.5     70.2     68.5
Alaska..........    58.4     57.1     55.5     56.0     55.4     58.8
Arizona.........    64.5     66.3     69.3     69.6     69.1     67.7
Arkansas........    67.8     68.6     70.3     70.8     70.5     68.1
California......    53.8     54.5     55.3     56.8     56.0     55.5
Colorado........    59.0     59.8     60.9     62.3     61.8     62.9
Connecticut.....    67.9     65.5     66.1     65.0     64.5     63.8
Delaware........    67.7     70.2     73.8     74.4     74.1     70.5
District of Colu    36.4     35.1     35.0     36.4     35.7     37.8
Florida.........    65.1     66.1     66.0     66.0     65.5     65.7
Georgia.........    64.3     65.7     66.9     66.8     66.5     63.4
Hawaii..........    55.5     55.2     53.8     53.2     52.8     52.3
Idaho...........    69.4     68.4     70.3     72.5     72.1     70.7
Illinois........    63.0     63.0     62.4     62.3     61.8     64.2
Indiana.........    67.0     66.1     67.6     69.0     68.7     68.4
Iowa............    70.7     68.4     66.3     68.6     68.2     70.1
Kansas..........    69.0     69.7     69.8     69.3     68.9     69.0
Kentucky........    65.8     67.2     69.0     69.0     68.8     70.6
Louisiana.......    67.8     68.9     66.7     65.8     65.4     65.8
Maine...........    74.2     72.0     72.0     72.1     71.9     72.6
Maryland........    64.9     63.8     64.8     65.8     65.5     64.1
Massachusetts...    58.6     60.2     61.8     61.2     60.7     60.6
Michigan........    72.3     70.6     70.6     72.6     72.3     72.0
Minnesota.......    68.0     68.9     66.7     66.2     65.8     68.9
Mississippi.....    69.4     71.8     70.4     69.9     69.7     69.2
Missouri........    64.0     64.2     65.2     66.8     66.4     68.4
Montana.........    69.1     69.6     69.9     70.0     69.7     68.8
Nebraska........    67.3     67.5     68.4     68.0     67.7     68.0
Nevada..........    55.8     55.8     55.1     56.2     55.8     55.8
New Hampshire...    65.0     66.8     66.6     65.7     65.4     65.1
New Jersey......    65.0     64.8     64.6     65.2     64.5     64.1
New Mexico......    68.6     69.5     70.5     69.5     69.1     66.8
New York........    53.3     52.6     53.3     53.5     52.8     52.5
North Carolina..    69.0     69.3     68.6     69.1     68.8     68.7
North Dakota....    67.2     65.4     63.7     63.1     62.7     63.3
Ohio............    68.7     68.7     69.1     68.8     68.5     67.4
Oklahoma........    70.3     69.2     68.9     70.7     70.3     68.5
Oregon..........    64.4     65.2     64.3     64.1     63.8     63.9
Pennsylvania....    73.8     74.0     73.1     72.3     72.0     71.8
Rhode Island....    58.5     58.2     56.8     58.1     57.6     56.5
South Carolina..    71.4     73.1     71.0     71.4     71.1     72.0
South Dakota....    66.2     66.1     66.5     66.1     65.6     66.4
Tennessee.......    68.3     68.0     67.4     64.4     64.1     65.2
Texas...........    59.7     59.0     58.3     59.3     58.7     59.7
Utah............    70.1     70.7     70.0     69.4     68.9     69.3
Vermont.........    72.6     70.8     70.8     68.5     68.5     69.4
Virginia........    69.8     68.9     67.8     68.8     68.5     69.3
Washington......    61.8     61.8     62.5     63.5     63.1     62.4
West Virginia...    72.0     72.4     73.3     73.6     73.3     73.7
Wisconsin.......    68.3     68.9     69.4     66.0     65.7     64.2
Wyoming.........    68.9     68.7     67.9     67.6     67.1     65.8
 
Table 13.  Homeownership Rates by State: 1984 to 2003 - Continued
 
                    1995     1996     1997     1998     1999     2000
 
United States...    64.7     65.4     65.7     66.3     66.8     67.4
 
Alabama.........    70.1     71.0     71.3     72.9     74.8     73.2
Alaska..........    60.9     62.9     67.2     66.3     66.4     66.4
Arizona.........    62.9     62.0     63.0     64.3     66.3     68.0
Arkansas........    67.2     66.6     66.7     66.7     65.6     68.9
California......    55.4     55.0     55.7     56.0     55.7     57.1
Colorado........    64.6     64.5     64.1     65.2     68.1     68.3
Connecticut.....    68.2     69.0     68.1     69.3     69.1     70.0
Delaware........    71.7     71.5     69.2     71.0     71.6     72.0
District of Colu    39.2     40.4     42.5     40.3     40.0     41.9
Florida.........    66.6     67.1     66.9     66.9     67.6     68.4
Georgia.........    66.6     69.3     70.9     71.2     71.3     69.8
Hawaii..........    50.2     50.6     50.2     52.8     56.6     55.2
Idaho...........    72.0     71.4     72.3     72.6     70.3     70.5
Illinois........    66.4     68.2     68.1     68.0     67.1     67.9
Indiana.........    71.0     74.2     74.1     72.6     72.9     74.9
Iowa............    71.4     72.8     72.7     72.1     73.9     75.2
Kansas..........    67.5     67.5     66.5     66.7     67.5     69.3
Kentucky........    71.2     73.2     75.0     75.1     73.9     73.4
Louisiana.......    65.3     64.9     66.4     66.6     66.8     68.1
Maine...........    76.7     76.5     74.9     74.6     77.4     76.5
Maryland........    65.8     66.9     70.5     68.7     69.6     69.9
Massachusetts...    60.2     61.7     62.3     61.3     60.3     59.9
Michigan........    72.2     73.3     73.3     74.4     76.5     77.2
Minnesota.......    73.3     75.4     75.4     75.4     76.1     76.1
Mississippi.....    71.1     73.0     73.7     75.1     74.9     75.2
Missouri........    69.4     70.2     70.5     70.7     72.9     74.2
Montana.........    68.7     68.6     67.5     68.6     70.6     70.2
Nebraska........    67.1     66.8     66.7     69.9     70.9     70.2
Nevada..........    58.6     61.1     61.2     61.4     63.7     64.0
New Hampshire...    66.0     65.0     66.8     69.6     70.2     69.2
New Jersey......    64.9     64.6     63.1     63.1     64.5     66.2
New Mexico......    67.0     67.1     69.6     71.3     72.6     73.7
New York........    52.7     52.7     52.6     52.8     52.8     53.4
North Carolina..    70.1     70.4     70.2     71.3     71.7     71.1
North Dakota....    67.3     68.2     68.1     68.0     70.1     70.7
Ohio............    67.9     69.2     69.0     70.7     70.7     71.3
Oklahoma........    69.8     68.4     68.5     69.7     71.5     72.7
Oregon..........    63.2     63.1     61.0     63.4     64.3     65.3
Pennsylvania....    71.5     71.7     73.3     73.9     75.2     74.7
Rhode Island....    57.9     56.6     58.7     59.8     60.6     61.5
South Carolina..    71.3     72.9     74.1     76.6     77.1     76.5
South Dakota....    67.5     67.8     67.6     67.3     70.7     71.2
Tennessee.......    67.0     68.8     70.2     71.3     71.9     70.9
Texas...........    61.4     61.8     61.5     62.5     62.9     63.8
Utah............    71.5     72.7     72.5     73.7     74.7     72.7
Vermont.........    70.4     70.3     69.1     69.1     69.1     68.7
Virginia........    68.1     68.5     68.4     69.4     71.2     73.9
Washington......    61.6     63.1     62.9     64.9     64.8     63.6
West Virginia...    73.1     74.3     74.6     74.8     74.8     75.9
Wisconsin.......    67.5     68.2     68.3     70.1     70.9     71.8
Wyoming.........    69.0     68.0     67.6     70.0     69.8     71.0
 
 
/r Revised.
 
Table 13.  Homeownership Rates by State: 1984 to 2003 - Continued
 
                             2001     2002    2002/r    2003
 
United States............    67.8     67.9     67.9     68.3
 
Alabama..................    73.2     73.5     73.7     76.2
Alaska...................    65.3     67.3     67.1     70.0
Arizona..................    68.1     65.9     65.6     67.0
Arkansas.................    71.2     70.2     70.3     69.6
California...............    58.2     58.0     57.7     58.9
Colorado.................    68.5     69.1     68.9     71.3
Connecticut..............    71.8     71.6     71.5     73.0
Delaware.................    75.4     75.6     75.6     77.2
District of Columbia.....    42.7     44.1     44.1     43.0
Florida..................    69.2     68.7     68.7     69.5
Georgia..................    70.1     71.7     71.8     71.4
Hawaii...................    55.5     57.4     57.9     58.3
Idaho....................    71.7     73.0     73.0     74.4
Illinois.................    69.4     70.2     70.1     70.7
Indiana..................    75.3     75.0     75.1     74.4
Iowa.....................    76.6     73.9     73.9     73.4
Kansas...................    70.4     70.2     70.3     70.3
Kentucky.................    73.9     73.5     73.7     74.4
Louisiana................    67.1     67.1     67.4     67.5
Maine....................    75.5     73.9     74.0     73.7
Maryland.................    70.7     72.0     72.0     71.6
Massachusetts............    60.6     62.7     62.6     64.3
Michigan.................    77.1     76.0     76.0     75.6
Minnesota................    76.1     77.3     77.3     77.2
Mississippi..............    74.5     74.8     74.9     73.4
Missouri.................    74.0     74.6     74.8     74.0
Montana..................    68.3     69.3     69.4     71.5
Nebraska.................    70.1     68.4     68.5     69.5
Nevada...................    64.6     65.5     65.3     64.8
New Hampshire............    68.4     69.5     69.5     74.4
New Jersey...............    66.5     67.2     66.9     66.9
New Mexico...............    70.8     70.3     70.0     70.3
New York.................    53.9     55.0     54.8     54.3
North Carolina...........    71.3     70.0     70.0     70.0
North Dakota.............    71.0     69.5     69.4     68.7
Ohio.....................    71.2     72.0     72.1     72.8
Oklahoma.................    71.5     69.4     69.6     69.1
Oregon...................    65.8     66.2     66.2     68.0
Pennsylvania.............    74.3     74.0     74.0     73.7
Rhode Island.............    60.1     59.6     59.4     59.9
South Carolina...........    76.1     77.3     77.5     75.0
South Dakota.............    71.5     71.5     71.5     70.9
Tennessee................    69.7     70.1     70.3     70.8
Texas....................    63.9     63.8     63.4     64.5
Utah.....................    72.4     72.7     72.8     73.4
Vermont..................    69.8     70.2     70.3     71.4
Virginia.................    75.1     74.3     74.4     75.0
Washington...............    66.4     67.0     66.9     65.9
West Virginia............    76.4     77.0     77.2     78.1
Wisconsin................    72.3     72.0     72.2     72.8
Wyoming..................    73.5     72.8     73.0     72.9
 
 
/r Revised.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: December 02, 2004