2026 Competitiveness Redbook | Page 68

TABLE 57 Source: U. S. Census Bureau
Home Ownership Rates( 2nd Quarter 2020 – 2nd Quarter 2025)
Rank
2025
2020
Change
Rank
1 West Virginia
77.2 %
78.2 %
-1.0%
13
2 Delaware
76.8 %
81.3 %
-4.5%
38
3 Vermont
75.3 %
76.8 %
-1.5%
20
4 Mississippi
74.9 %
74.0 %
0.9 %
3
4 Wyoming
74.9 %
77.4 %
-2.5%
24
6 Maine
74.2 %
79.3 %
-5.1%
42
7 Indiana
73.4 %
72.6 %
0.8 %
5
8 New Hampshire
73.3 %
74.7 %
-1.4%
19
9 Michigan
72.6 %
75.2 %
-2.6%
25
10 South Carolina
72.4 %
73.5 %
-1.1%
16
11 Arizona
72.3 %
71.7 %
0.6 %
7
11 Kentucky
72.3 %
76.0 %
-3.7%
30
13 Ohio
71.4 %
70.1 %
1.3 %
1
14 Alabama
71.2 %
76.9 %
-5.7%
44
15 New Mexico
70.8 %
73.8 %
-3.0%
26
16 Virginia
70.6 %
72.9 %
-2.3%
23
17 Iowa
70.5 %
70.7 %
-0.2%
9
18 Arkansas
70.1 %
71.3 %
-1.2%
18
19 Montana
69.9 %
70.6 %
-0.7%
10
20 Minnesota
69.7 %
76.0 %
-6.3%
47
21 Utah
69.4 %
74.4 %
-5.0%
41
22 Maryland
69.0 %
74.7 %
-5.7%
45
22 Tennessee
69.0 %
72.1 %
-3.1%
27
24 South Dakota
68.3 %
72.3 %
-4.0%
34
25 Louisiana
68.0 %
70.1 %
-2.1%
21
26 Connecticut
67.8 %
66.7 %
1.1 %
2
27 Missouri
67.6 %
74.6 %
-7.0%
48
28 Pennsylvania
67.3 %
70.9 %
-3.6%
29
29 Nebraska
67.1 %
71.9 %
-4.8%
40
30 Illinois
67.0 %
66.1 %
0.9 %
3
31 Idaho
66.7 %
72.0 %
-5.3%
43
32 Kansas
66.3 %
72.0 %
-5.7%
45
33 Alaska
66.0 %
67.0 %
-1.0%
13
33 Wisconsin
66.0 %
69.8 %
-3.8%
32
35 North Dakota
65.7 %
65.5 %
0.2 %
8
36 Florida
65.5 %
70.1 %
-4.6%
39
37 Georgia
64.6 %
68.7 %
-4.1%
36
38 New Jersey
63.6 %
64.3 %
-0.7%
11
39 North Carolina
63.4 %
72.6 %
-9.2%
49
39 Texas
63.4 %
67.6 %
-4.2%
37
41 Rhode Island
63.3 %
64.3 %
-1.0%
13
42 Washington
62.7 %
66.7 %
-4.0%
34
43 Massachusetts
62.6 %
63.5 %
-0.9%
12
44 Colorado
62.4 %
66.0 %
-3.6%
28
45 Oregon
62.0 %
65.7 %
-3.7%
30
46 Hawaii
60.6 %
60.0 %
0.6 %
6
46 Oklahoma
60.6 %
74.1 %
-13.5%
50
48 Nevada
58.9 %
62.8 %
-3.9%
33
49 California
55.3 %
56.4 %
-1.1%
17
50 New York
52.2 %
54.4 %
-2.2%
22
Dist. of Columbia
42.4 %
42.5 %
-0.1%
United States
65.0 %
67.9 %
-2.9%
In the 2nd quarter of 2025, Washington ranked just 42nd in the rate of home ownership.