US states by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024

Florida had the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) of 51 states in 2024, at 60.1%. North Dakota had the lowest, at 38.9%. The median was 48.5% and the figure for the United States was 51.1%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest60.1Florida

Lowest38.9North Dakota

Median48.551 states

United States51.1History

Map of states, 2024

Under 45
45 to 48
48 to 49
49 to 51
51 to 52
52 and over

%, 2024. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2024

%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2024 (%)	Change on 2023
1	Florida	60.1	+1.4 pts
2	Hawaii	56.7	+0.3 pts
3	Nevada	55.9	+1.6 pts
4	California	55.3	+0.6 pts
5	Louisiana	54.8	+0.9 pts
6	Colorado	52.9	+0.6 pts
7	Connecticut	52.6	+1.3 pts
8	Oregon	52.5	+0.7 pts
9	Georgia	52.4	+1 pts
10	South Carolina	52.1	+1.1 pts
11	New York	52.1	+0.6 pts
12	Massachusetts	51.8	+0.8 pts
13	Texas	51.7	+1 pts
14	New Jersey	51.6	+0.8 pts
15	Maryland	51.5	+0.4 pts
16	Arizona	51.4	+1.1 pts
17	Mississippi	51.3	+0.7 pts
18	Michigan	50.4	+0.8 pts
19	New Mexico	50.2	+0.7 pts
20	Washington	50	+0.6 pts
21	Delaware	49.6	+0.5 pts
22	North Carolina	48.9	+1 pts
23	West Virginia	48.9	+0.4 pts
24	Tennessee	48.8	+0.7 pts
25	Alabama	48.8	+0.2 pts
26	Virginia	48.5	+0.6 pts
27	Maine	48.4	+1.5 pts
28	Vermont	48.4	-2.1 pts
29	New Hampshire	48.2	+0.6 pts
29	Pennsylvania	48.2	+0.6 pts
31	Minnesota	48.1	+1 pts
32	Indiana	48.1	+0.7 pts
33	Rhode Island	48	+0.4 pts
34	Illinois	47.9	+0.7 pts
35	Utah	47.2	+0.9 pts
36	Idaho	46.9	+0.8 pts
37	District of Columbia	46.6	+0.2 pts
38	Oklahoma	46.3	+0.5 pts
39	Ohio	45.9	+0.8 pts
40	Missouri	45.6	+0.4 pts
41	Kentucky	45.4	+0.6 pts
42	Nebraska	45.1	+1.1 pts
43	Arkansas	44.8	+0.1 pts
44	Montana	44.8	-0.6 pts
45	Alaska	44.6	-1.3 pts
46	Iowa	43.9	+0.4 pts
47	Wisconsin	43.7	+0.7 pts
48	Kansas	43.5	+0.1 pts
49	Wyoming	43.1	-0.4 pts
50	South Dakota	39.8	+1 pts
51	North Dakota	38.9	+0.5 pts

Other periods

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2023
2022
2021

About this ranking

Renter households whose gross rent (contract rent plus utilities and fuels the renter pays) was 30 percent or more of household income in the past 12 months, as a percentage of renter households for which that ratio can be computed. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Renters who pay no cash rent and households with no or negative income are left out of both the count and the base. 30 percent is the usual US threshold for rent burden. The EU housing cost overburden rate (housing_cost_overburden_rate) uses 40 percent of disposable income, all housing costs and people instead of households, so the two cannot be compared.

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 B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs (US states by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US states by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/us-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs. US states by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/us-states.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US states by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/us-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
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  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/us-states. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which state has the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)?

Florida, with 60.1% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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North Dakota, with 38.9% in 2024.

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