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Homeownership Rate by state

Percent. Every state colored on one scale across all years, joined to the map by FIPS code.

2024
20052024
Texas: 62.3%California: 55.8%Kentucky: 68.1%Georgia: 66.3%Wisconsin: 68.0%Oregon: 63.1%Missouri: 68.6%Virginia: 67.1%Tennessee: 66.8%Louisiana: 68.1%New York: 54.3%Idaho: 71.7%Florida: 68.0%Illinois: 67.6%Montana: 68.6%Minnesota: 71.6%Maryland: 67.8%Iowa: 71.3%District of Columbia: 40.9%Ohio: 68.0%Nebraska: 66.7%Washington: 62.9%South Dakota: 68.3%Oklahoma: 65.7%Wyoming: 71.7%West Virginia: 75.5%Indiana: 70.7%Massachusetts: 62.4%Nevada: 60.1%North Dakota: 61.2%Arkansas: 67.1%Mississippi: 70.5%Colorado: 65.9%North Carolina: 66.8%Utah: 69.6%Hawaii: 61.6%New Mexico: 71.1%Kansas: 68.1%Rhode Island: 63.5%Michigan: 73.5%Alaska: 66.5%Delaware: 73.8%Alabama: 71.0%South Carolina: 72.3%Maine: 73.3%New Jersey: 63.9%Pennsylvania: 69.3%New Hampshire: 72.6%Arizona: 67.8%Connecticut: 66.7%Vermont: 73.2%6256686668636967676854726868697268716867636866727671626061677166677062716873677172736968
39.1%
76.3%

The color scale is fixed across all years, so a state changing shade as you move the slider is a real change in the value.

2024 · Highest: West Virginia 75.5% · Lowest: District of Columbia 40.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 1-year · B25003 · table · 2005 to 2024

Reading it. Owner-occupied divided by total occupied units (ACS table B25003). Says nothing about home values or mortgage debt.

Comparing states is harder than it looks. A dollar buys more in some states than others, and survey estimates carry a margin of error. Read the map for the pattern, not for a precise ranking.