2023 Competitiveness Redbook 2023 | Page 65

Home Ownership Rates ( 2nd Quarter 2017 – 2nd Quarter 2022 )
Rank
2022
2017
Change
Rank
1 West Virginia
77.8 %
75.1 %
2.7 %
19
2 Iowa
76.8 %
69.9 %
6.9 %
2
3 South Carolina
76.6 %
75.9 %
0.7 %
39
4 Maine
76.2 %
70.3 %
5.9 %
5
5 Minnesota
75.3 %
73.8 %
1.5 %
32
6 Wyoming
73.8 %
69.1 %
4.7 %
6
7 New Hampshire
73.7 %
72.3 %
1.4 %
33
8 Idaho
73.3 %
68.9 %
4.4 %
10
8 Michigan
73.3 %
72.6 %
0.7 %
37
8 Vermont
73.3 %
70.7 %
2.6 %
22
11 Maryland
72.9 %
66.2 %
6.7 %
4
12 Delaware
72.6 %
68.7 %
3.9 %
13
13 Mississippi
72.3 %
68.9 %
3.4 %
16
14 Indiana
72.1 %
72.0 %
0.1 %
42
15 Alabama
71.3 %
69.9 %
1.4 %
35
16 Pennsylvania
70.7 %
70.1 %
0.6 %
40
17 Utah
70.6 %
70.7 %
-0.1%
43
18 Kentucky
69.9 %
69.2 %
0.7 %
37
19 Louisiana
69.8 %
67.1 %
2.7 %
18
20 Kansas
69.7 %
67.4 %
2.3 %
25
20 Missouri
69.7 %
67.1 %
2.6 %
20
22 Oklahoma
69.6 %
71.6 %
-2.0%
49
23 Virginia
69.4 %
67.5 %
1.9 %
29
24 South Dakota
69.3 %
64.6 %
4.7 %
6
24 Wisconsin
69.3 %
65.6 %
3.7 %
14
26 New Mexico
69.2 %
67.0 %
2.2 %
26
27 Nebraska
68.5 %
66.5 %
2.0 %
27
28 Florida
67.9 %
63.6 %
4.3 %
11
28 North Carolina
67.9 %
67.5 %
0.4 %
41
30 Tennessee
67.8 %
66.4 %
1.4 %
33
31 Oregon
67.3 %
60.4 %
6.9 %
2
32 Arizona
67.2 %
62.6 %
4.6 %
8
33 Montana
67.1 %
67.3 %
-0.2%
44
34 Ohio
67.0 %
65.2 %
1.8 %
31
35 Illinois
66.8 %
64.2 %
2.6 %
22
36 Colorado
66.3 %
66.6 %
-0.3%
45
37 Washington
66.2 %
64.2 %
2.0 %
28
38 Georgia
65.9 %
61.6 %
4.3 %
12
39 Alaska
65.5 %
66.5 %
-1.0%
48
40 Arkansas
64.5 %
65.2 %
-0.7%
47
41 North Dakota
64.0 %
61.4 %
2.6 %
21
41 Rhode Island
64.0 %
54.4 %
9.6 %
1
43 Texas
63.4 %
61.5 %
1.9 %
30
44 New Jersey
63.3 %
63.8 %
-0.5%
46
45 Connecticut
63.0 %
66.4 %
-3.4%
50
46 Massachusetts
61.6 %
59.2 %
2.4 %
24
47 Nevada
59.7 %
56.2 %
3.5 %
15
48 Hawaii
58.3 %
53.7 %
4.6 %
8
49 California
54.6 %
53.8 %
0.8 %
36
50 New York
53.6 %
50.7 %
2.9 %
17
Dist . of Columbia
44.7 %
39.2 %
5.5 %
United States
65.8 %
63.7 %
2.1 %
TABLE 56 Source : U . S . Census Bureau
In the second quarter of 2022 , Washington ranked just 37th in the rate of home ownership .