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