U.S. Census Bureau

State Rankings -- Statistical Abstract of the United States

HOMEOWNERSHIP RATE, 2006

[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 68.8 (X)
Alabama 74.2 8
Alaska 67.2 42
Arizona 71.6 23
Arkansas 70.8 29
California 60.2 48
Colorado 70.1 34
Connecticut 71.1 27
Delaware 76.8 3
District of Columbia 45.9 (X)
Florida 72.4 18
Georgia 68.5 38
Hawaii 59.9 49
Idaho 75.1 7
Illinois 70.4 31
Indiana 74.2 8
Iowa 74.0 12
Kansas 70.0 35
Kentucky 71.7 22
Louisiana 71.3 25
Maine 75.3 6
Maryland 72.6 17
Massachusetts 65.2 46
Michigan 77.4 2
Minnesota 75.6 5
Mississippi 76.2 4
Missouri 71.9 21
Montana 69.5 36
Nebraska 67.6 41
Nevada 65.7 45
New Hampshire 74.2 8
New Jersey 69.0 37
New Mexico 72.0 20
New York 55.7 50
North Carolina 70.2 32
North Dakota 68.3 39
Ohio 72.1 19
Oklahoma 71.6 23
Oregon 68.3 40
Pennsylvania 73.2 16
Rhode Island 64.6 47
South Carolina 74.2 8
South Dakota 70.6 30
Tennessee 71.3 25
Texas 66.0 44
Utah 73.5 15
Vermont 74.0 12
Virginia 71.1 27
Washington 66.7 43
West Virginia 78.4 1
Wisconsin 70.2 32
Wyoming 73.7 14

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 956, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2008. [PDF 452K]

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Housing Vacancies and Homeownership

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