Los Angeles County had the highest housing units of 3144 counties in 2024, at 3.65 million. Loving County had the lowest, at 33. The median was 12,467 and the figure for the United States was 143.78 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
All housing units, occupied and vacant: houses, apartments, mobile homes and rooms intended as separate living quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
A survey estimate averaged over five years, not a count on one date.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units (US counties by housing units, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat
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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US counties by housing units, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/us-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units. US counties by housing units, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/us-counties.
Harvard
U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US counties by housing units, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/us-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units: US counties by housing units, 2024}},
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urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/us-counties. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Los Angeles County, with 3.65 million in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest housing units?
Loving County, with 33 in 2024.
Where does this ranking come from?
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 B25001: total housing units. Retrieved 2026-10-12.