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Home Ownership Rates
( 3rd Quarter 2019 – 3rd Quarter 2024 )
Rank
2024
2019
Change
Rank
1 Mississippi
78.8 %
73.7 %
5.1 %
3
2 West Virginia
78.4 %
78.1 %
0.3 %
30
3 New Hampshire
75.3 %
75.4 %
-0.1%
36
4 Vermont
75.1 %
69.8 %
5.3 %
2
5 Wyoming
73.7 %
72.1 %
1.6 %
19
6 Michigan
73.4 %
73.3 %
0.1 %
33
7 Delaware
72.5 %
71.9 %
0.6 %
28
7 South Carolina
72.5 %
72.1 %
0.4 %
29
9 Idaho
72.2 %
73.1 %
-0.9%
40
10 Virginia
72.0 %
67.9 %
4.1 %
6
11 Montana
71.8 %
67.1 %
4.7 %
4
12 Indiana
71.4 %
71.5 %
-0.1%
35
13 Nebraska
71.2 %
70.6 %
0.6 %
27
14 Minnesota
71.0 %
73.4 %
-2.4%
46
15 Alabama
70.7 %
69.1 %
1.6 %
18
16 Iowa
70.5 %
69.6 %
0.9 %
25
16 Missouri
70.5 %
70.3 %
0.2 %
31
18 Pennsylvania
70.3 %
69.5 %
0.8 %
26
19 Maine
70.2 %
74.4 %
-4.2%
49
20 Arizona
70.0 %
66.9 %
3.1 %
9
20 South Dakota
70.0 %
70.1 %
-0.1%
36
22 Kentucky
69.9 %
68.4 %
1.5 %
20
23 New Mexico
69.1 %
66.3 %
2.8 %
11
24 Illinois
69.0 %
64.4 %
4.6 %
5
25 Ohio
68.9 %
67.9 %
1.0 %
23
26 Louisiana
68.0 %
65.5 %
2.5 %
13
27 Maryland
67.9 %
70.7 %
-2.8%
47
28 Colorado
67.8 %
64.5 %
3.3 %
8
29 Florida
67.7 %
65.5 %
2.2 %
14
29 Tennessee
67.7 %
69.3 %
-1.6%
43
31 Kansas
67.6 %
69.3 %
-1.7%
44
32 Wisconsin
67.3 %
65.1 %
2.2 %
14
33 Arkansas
67.1 %
63.6 %
3.5 %
7
34 Oklahoma
67.0 %
66.1 %
0.9 %
24
35 Connecticut
66.6 %
66.5 %
0.1 %
34
36 Alaska
65.8 %
63.2 %
2.6 %
12
36 Utah
65.8 %
71.4 %
-5.6%
50
38 North Dakota
65.5 %
59.9 %
5.6 %
1
39 Washington
64.7 %
62.5 %
2.2 %
14
40 Georgia
64.6 %
65.4 %
-0.8%
39
41 Texas
64.1 %
63.0 %
1.1 %
22
42 New Jersey
63.6 %
66.4 %
-2.8%
47
43 North Carolina
63.5 %
63.7 %
-0.2%
38
44 Rhode Island
63.0 %
64.7 %
-1.7%
44
45 Massachusetts
62.3 %
60.4 %
1.9 %
17
46 Oregon
61.9 %
63.0 %
-1.1%
41
47 Hawaii
60.9 %
60.7 %
0.2 %
31
48 Nevada
59.6 %
56.6 %
3.0 %
10
49 California
55.0 %
56.3 %
-1.3%
42
50 New York
52.9 %
51.6 %
1.3 %
21
Dist . of Columbia
39.1 %
40.2 %
-1.1%
United States
65.6 %
64.8 %
0.8 %
In the 3rd quarter of 2024 , Washington ranked just 39th in the rate of home ownership .
TABLE 57 Source : U . S . Census Bureau