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

Florida had the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) of 51 states in 2022, at 57.6%. North Dakota had the lowest, at 38.7%. The median was 47.8% and the figure for the United States was 49.9%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest57.6Florida

Lowest38.7North Dakota

Median47.851 states

United States49.9History

Map of states, 2022

Under 44
44 to 47
47 to 48
48 to 49
49 to 51
51 and over

%, 2022. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	States	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	Florida	57.6	+0.8 pts
2	Hawaii	55.8	+0.6 pts
3	California	54.4	+0.2 pts
4	Louisiana	54	0 pts
5	Nevada	52.8	+1.4 pts
6	Colorado	51.9	+0.4 pts
7	New York	51.7	+0.1 pts
8	Connecticut	51.3	+0.1 pts
9	Oregon	50.9	+0.3 pts
10	New Jersey	50.7	+0.1 pts
11	Vermont	50.6	+0.5 pts
12	Georgia	50.4	+0.7 pts
13	Maryland	50.4	+0.3 pts
14	South Carolina	50.3	+0.3 pts
15	Mississippi	50.3	+0.6 pts
16	Massachusetts	50.2	+0.9 pts
17	Texas	49.7	+1 pts
18	New Mexico	49.2	+0.5 pts
19	Delaware	49.1	+0.1 pts
20	Michigan	49	+0.6 pts
21	Arizona	49	+0.8 pts
22	West Virginia	48.9	+0.7 pts
23	Washington	48.9	+0.7 pts
24	Alabama	48.3	+0.8 pts
25	Tennessee	47.9	+0.6 pts
26	Virginia	47.8	+0.5 pts
27	North Carolina	47.6	+0.4 pts
28	Rhode Island	47.6	+0.5 pts
29	Pennsylvania	47.4	+0.4 pts
30	Illinois	47.3	+0.3 pts
31	Indiana	46.9	+0.7 pts
32	New Hampshire	46.8	+0.6 pts
33	Minnesota	46.7	+0.6 pts
34	Maine	46.6	+0.5 pts
35	District of Columbia	46.5	+0.4 pts
36	Utah	46	+0.6 pts
37	Idaho	45.5	+0.6 pts
38	Missouri	45.2	+0.5 pts
39	Alaska	45.1	-0.7 pts
40	Oklahoma	44.9	+0.7 pts
41	Montana	44.7	+0.1 pts
42	Arkansas	44.5	+0.3 pts
42	Ohio	44.5	+0.7 pts
44	Kentucky	44.3	+0.7 pts
45	Kansas	43.7	+0.7 pts
46	Nebraska	43.5	+1.4 pts
47	Wyoming	43.4	+0.6 pts
48	Iowa	43.4	+0.4 pts
49	Wisconsin	43.1	+0.4 pts
50	South Dakota	38.7	-0.2 pts
51	North Dakota	38.7	-0.6 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/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-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), 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-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), 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25070.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/us-states?period=2022. 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), 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25070.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/us-states?period=2022.

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), 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25070.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/us-states?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{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), 2022}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25070.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/us-states?period=2022. 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/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-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 57.6% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

North Dakota, with 38.7% in 2022.

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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 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. Retrieved 2026-10-12.