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

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `rent_burden_30_plus_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/us-states

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