U.S. Census Bureau

State Rankings -- Statistical Abstract of the United States

HOMEOWNERSHIP RATE, 2007

[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 68.1 (X)
Alabama 73.3 14
Alaska 66.6 41
Arizona 70.4 25
Arkansas 69.5 33
California 58.3 49
Colorado 70.2 31
Connecticut 70.3 28
Delaware 76.8 2
District of Columbia 47.2 (X)
Florida 71.8 18
Georgia 67.6 38
Hawaii 60.1 48
Idaho 74.5 5
Illinois 69.4 34
Indiana 73.8 9
Iowa 73.7 11
Kansas 69.4 34
Kentucky 72.9 16
Louisiana 71.5 20
Maine 74.3 6
Maryland 71.7 19
Massachusetts 64.3 46
Michigan 76.4 3
Minnesota 73.5 13
Mississippi 74.0 8
Missouri 70.4 25
Montana 67.3 39
Nebraska 68.2 37
Nevada 63.3 47
New Hampshire 73.8 9
New Jersey 68.3 36
New Mexico 71.5 20
New York 55.9 50
North Carolina 70.3 28
North Dakota 66.0 42
Ohio 71.4 23
Oklahoma 70.3 28
Oregon 65.7 44
Pennsylvania 72.9 16
Rhode Island 64.9 45
South Carolina 74.1 7
South Dakota 70.4 25
Tennessee 70.2 31
Texas 66.0 42
Utah 74.9 4
Vermont 73.7 11
Virginia 71.5 20
Washington 66.8 40
West Virginia 77.6 1
Wisconsin 70.5 24
Wyoming 73.2 15

Symbol
X Not applicable.

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

Source: U.S. Census Bureau,
See Table 951, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2009. [PDF 452K]

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