US states by housing units, 2024

California had the highest housing units of 51 states in 2024, at 14.64 million. Wyoming had the lowest, at 277,141. The median was 2.02 million and the figure for the United States was 143.78 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest14,644,735California

Lowest277,141Wyoming

Median2,023,11651 states

United States143,775,355History

All states, 2024

count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	California	14,644,735	+0.8%
2	Texas	12,128,515	+2%
3	Florida	10,256,470	+1.7%
4	New York	8,585,241	+0.5%
5	Pennsylvania	5,806,452	+0.5%
6	Illinois	5,457,452	+0.3%
7	Ohio	5,292,391	+0.4%
8	North Carolina	4,895,668	+1.7%
9	Michigan	4,622,236	+0.5%
10	Georgia	4,541,835	+1.3%
11	New Jersey	3,791,354	+0.4%
12	Virginia	3,684,756	+0.8%
13	Washington	3,306,620	+1.3%
14	Arizona	3,192,839	+1.6%
15	Tennessee	3,143,670	+1.6%
16	Massachusetts	3,030,406	+0.5%
17	Indiana	2,976,568	+0.8%
18	Missouri	2,825,287	+0.6%
19	Wisconsin	2,778,572	+1%
20	Colorado	2,589,053	+1.7%
21	Maryland	2,560,784	+0.6%
22	Minnesota	2,545,030	+1%
23	South Carolina	2,443,039	+1.7%
24	Alabama	2,337,265	+0.9%
25	Louisiana	2,108,902	+0.7%
26	Kentucky	2,023,116	+0.6%
27	Oregon	1,857,992	+1.1%
28	Oklahoma	1,775,127	+0.7%
29	Connecticut	1,541,822	+0.4%
30	Iowa	1,437,699	+0.7%
31	Arkansas	1,394,673	+0.9%
32	Mississippi	1,341,114	+0.6%
33	Nevada	1,326,471	+1.5%
34	Kansas	1,293,635	+0.7%
35	Utah	1,223,468	+2.5%
36	New Mexico	956,964	+0.8%
37	Nebraska	863,444	+0.9%
38	West Virginia	861,325	+0.2%
39	Idaho	795,014	+2.4%
40	Maine	751,876	+0.7%
41	New Hampshire	648,472	+0.7%
42	Hawaii	567,896	+0.5%
43	Montana	528,419	+1%
44	Rhode Island	485,932	+0.3%
45	Delaware	464,203	+1.4%
46	South Dakota	408,584	+1.5%
47	North Dakota	377,281	+0.6%
48	District of Columbia	361,014	+1.4%
49	Vermont	339,042	+0.6%
50	Alaska	328,491	+0.3%
51	Wyoming	277,141	+0.7%

Other periods

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2023
2022
2021

About this ranking

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 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 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 states 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 states 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-states. 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 states 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-states.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US states 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-states (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 states by housing units, 2024}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/us-states. 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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Which state has the highest housing units?

California, with 14.64 million in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Wyoming, with 277,141 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 B25001: total housing units. Retrieved 2026-10-12.