US states by households, 2024

California had the highest households of 51 states in 2024, at 13.55 million. Wyoming had the lowest, at 243,318. The median was 1.8 million and the figure for the United States was 129.23 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest13,548,091California

Lowest243,318Wyoming

Median1,804,78051 states

United States129,227,496History

All states, 2024

count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	California	13,548,091	+0.8%
2	Texas	10,992,816	+2.3%
3	Florida	8,752,810	+2.4%
4	New York	7,722,646	+0.7%
5	Pennsylvania	5,274,853	+0.8%
6	Illinois	5,036,449	+0.7%
7	Ohio	4,863,191	+0.7%
8	North Carolina	4,282,345	+2.3%
9	Michigan	4,076,369	+0.9%
10	Georgia	4,074,366	+1.7%
11	New Jersey	3,507,701	+0.8%
12	Virginia	3,365,732	+1.2%
13	Washington	3,064,820	+1.5%
14	Arizona	2,856,081	+2.1%
15	Tennessee	2,824,277	+2%
16	Massachusetts	2,785,042	+0.8%
17	Indiana	2,716,009	+1.3%
18	Missouri	2,508,227	+0.9%
19	Wisconsin	2,479,480	+1.4%
20	Colorado	2,374,218	+2.1%
21	Maryland	2,362,928	+1%
22	Minnesota	2,307,955	+1.1%
23	South Carolina	2,117,989	+2.3%
24	Alabama	1,997,247	+1.4%
25	Kentucky	1,814,469	+1.3%
26	Louisiana	1,804,780	+1.2%
27	Oregon	1,718,422	+1%
28	Oklahoma	1,562,389	+1.3%
29	Connecticut	1,434,007	+1%
30	Iowa	1,315,707	+0.9%
31	Arkansas	1,205,987	+1.4%
32	Nevada	1,202,593	+1.6%
33	Kansas	1,174,060	+1.1%
34	Mississippi	1,145,431	+1.2%
35	Utah	1,124,822	+2.7%
36	New Mexico	837,414	+1.5%
37	Nebraska	797,847	+1.4%
38	West Virginia	728,655	+1%
39	Idaho	713,005	+2.8%
40	Maine	597,159	+1.4%
41	New Hampshire	555,822	+0.8%
42	Hawaii	492,453	+0.7%
43	Montana	458,859	+1.4%
44	Rhode Island	441,570	+1.1%
45	Delaware	402,038	+1.5%
46	South Dakota	365,544	+2%
47	North Dakota	331,063	+1.8%
48	District of Columbia	324,491	+0.9%
49	Vermont	273,416	+1.5%
50	Alaska	270,533	+1%
51	Wyoming	243,318	+2.2%

Other periods

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2023
2022
2021

About this ranking

Number of households, which equals the number of occupied housing units. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

People living in group quarters, such as college dormitories, nursing homes and prisons, are not in households.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households) (US states by households, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat

MLA 9

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US states by households, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/us-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households). US states by households, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/us-states.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US states by households, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/us-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households): US states by households, 2024}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/us-states. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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California, with 13.55 million in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Wyoming, with 243,318 in 2024.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households). Retrieved 2026-10-12.