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Home Ownership Rates ( 2nd Quarter 2018 – 2nd Quarter 2023 )
Rank
2023
2018
Change
Rank
1 Delaware
79.1 %
70.1 %
9.0 %
2
2 Maine
78.8 %
68.4 %
10.4 %
1
3 Wyoming
75.5 %
69.9 %
5.6 %
6
4 Mississippi
75.3 %
71.9 %
3.4 %
15
4 Vermont
75.3 %
73.1 %
2.2 %
20
6 Iowa
74.8 %
67.8 %
7.0 %
3
7 West Virginia
74.7 %
74.6 %
0.1 %
39
8 Alabama
74.0 %
71.9 %
2.1 %
21
8 Michigan
74.0 %
72.5 %
1.5 %
25
10 Indiana
73.9 %
72.9 %
1.0 %
28
11 Minnesota
73.8 %
69.3 %
4.5 %
8
12 South Carolina
73.5 %
74.1 %
-0.6%
44
13 New Hampshire
73.4 %
73.6 %
-0.2%
40
14 Utah
71.4 %
72.5 %
-1.1%
45
15 Idaho
70.9 %
69.0 %
1.9 %
22
15 Maryland
70.9 %
64.4 %
6.5 %
4
17 Arizona
70.7 %
64.9 %
5.8 %
5
18 Colorado
70.2 %
65.9 %
4.3 %
10
19 Virginia
69.9 %
66.5 %
3.4 %
16
20 Nebraska
69.7 %
66.2 %
3.5 %
14
21 Pennsylvania
69.6 %
70.8 %
-1.2%
46
22 South Dakota
69.5 %
66.7 %
2.8 %
19
23 North Carolina
69.3 %
65.2 %
4.1 %
12
24 Kansas
69.1 %
68.7 %
0.4 %
35
25 Wisconsin
68.7 %
66.8 %
1.9 %
22
26 Montana
68.6 %
66.9 %
1.7 %
24
27 Florida
68.0 %
65.1 %
2.9 %
17
28 Illinois
67.9 %
66.4 %
1.5 %
25
29 Kentucky
67.8 %
70.6 %
-2.8%
48
29 New Mexico
67.8 %
67.5 %
0.3 %
36
31 Missouri
67.7 %
67.1 %
0.6 %
32
32 Tennessee
67.4 %
70.6 %
-3.2%
50
33 Ohio
67.3 %
65.9 %
1.4 %
27
34 Oklahoma
67.0 %
69.1 %
-2.1%
47
35 Connecticut
66.8 %
66.5 %
0.3 %
36
36 Washington
66.1 %
65.5 %
0.6 %
32
37 Louisiana
65.8 %
64.9 %
0.9 %
30
38 Rhode Island
65.1 %
60.1 %
5.0 %
7
39 Georgia
64.9 %
62.1 %
2.8 %
18
40 Arkansas
64.1 %
64.4 %
-0.3%
42
41 Oregon
63.7 %
62.9 %
0.8 %
31
42 Alaska
63.5 %
64.0 %
-0.5%
43
43 North Dakota
63.4 %
63.2 %
0.2 %
38
44 Texas
63.3 %
62.9 %
0.4 %
34
45 New Jersey
63.0 %
66.0 %
-3.0%
49
46 Massachusetts
61.9 %
62.1 %
-0.2%
40
47 Hawaii
61.3 %
57.4 %
3.9 %
13
48 Nevada
60.4 %
56.0 %
4.4 %
9
49 California
55.3 %
54.3 %
1.0 %
28
50 New York
54.3 %
50.2 %
4.1 %
11
Dist . of Columbia
43.9 %
40.1 %
3.8 %
United States
65.9 %
64.3 %
1.6 %
In the 2nd quarter of 2023 , Washington ranked just 36th in the rate of home ownership .
TABLE 56 Source : U . S . Census Bureau