Rankings · Housing

Highest renters by state

Share of occupied homes that are rented.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

Of the homes people actually live in, the share occupied by renters rather than owners. Vacant homes are excluded, so this is not affected by the second-home share. It shapes a lot of local character: how much turnover there is, how much of the housing stock is maintained by landlords, and how exposed the place is to rent rather than to mortgage rates.

  1. 1District of Columbia58.5%
  2. 2New York45.5%
  3. 3California44.0%
  4. 4Nevada40.0%
  5. 5Texas37.3%
  6. 6Massachusetts37.1%
  7. 7Hawaii36.7%
  8. 8North Dakota36.7%
  9. 9Oregon36.5%
  10. 10Rhode Island36.1%
  11. 11Washington36.1%
  12. 12New Jersey35.8%
  13. 13Georgia34.4%
  14. 14Oklahoma34.0%
  15. 15Colorado33.6%
  16. 16Connecticut33.5%
  17. 17Arkansas33.4%
  18. 18Nebraska33.2%
  19. 19Illinois33.0%
  20. 20North Carolina33.0%
  21. 21Tennessee33.0%
  22. 22Alaska32.9%
  23. 23Ohio32.8%
  24. 24Kansas32.7%
  25. 25Louisiana32.7%
  26. 26Virginia32.6%
  27. 27Arizona32.5%
  28. 28Maryland32.4%
  29. 29Florida32.1%
  30. 30Missouri31.8%
  31. 31Kentucky31.5%
  32. 32Wisconsin31.5%
  33. 33South Dakota31.3%
  34. 34Montana30.6%
  35. 35Pennsylvania30.6%
  36. 36Mississippi30.1%
  37. 37New Mexico29.8%
  38. 38Alabama29.7%
  39. 39Utah29.5%
  40. 40Indiana29.4%
  41. 41Iowa28.2%
  42. 42Wyoming28.2%
  43. 43South Carolina28.1%
  44. 44Idaho27.6%
  45. 45Minnesota27.5%
  46. 46New Hampshire26.8%
  47. 47Michigan26.4%
  48. 48Delaware26.3%
  49. 49Vermont26.3%
  50. 50Maine25.3%
  51. 51West Virginia25.0%
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau. · How this is built