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Share of housing units built 1950–1959: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Share of housing units built 1950–1959 (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Housing units by year built by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 1950–1959.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-04

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National value: 8.9 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 9.9 %
RI 11.4 %
DE 8.7 %
CT 13.8 %
NJ 13.1 %
MD 9.6 %
MA 10.1 %
VT 5.9 %
NH 5.9 %

Lowest: 2.3 to 5.9 %
Group 2: 5.9 to 7.3 %
Group 3: 7.3 to 8.7 %
Group 4: 8.7 to 10.1 %
Highest: 10.1 to 13.8 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Connecticut	13.8
1	Michigan	13.8
3	New York	13.6
4	Pennsylvania	13.2
5	New Jersey	13.1
6	Ohio	12.7
7	California	11.8
8	Illinois	11.6
9	Rhode Island	11.4
10	Kansas	11
11	Indiana	10.1
11	Massachusetts	10.1
11	Wisconsin	10.1
14	District of Columbia	9.9
15	Maryland	9.6
15	West Virginia	9.6
17	Iowa	9.5
18	Missouri	9.1
19	Minnesota	8.9
20	Oklahoma	8.8
21	Delaware	8.7
22	New Mexico	8.5
23	Kentucky	8.4
23	Nebraska	8.4
25	Hawaii	8.2
26	Louisiana	7.9
27	North Dakota	7.7
28	Montana	7.5
28	South Dakota	7.5
28	Virginia	7.5
31	Alabama	7.3
32	Tennessee	7.1
32	Wyoming	7.1
34	Oregon	7
35	Mississippi	6.8
36	Colorado	6.2
37	Washington	6
38	Maine	5.9
38	New Hampshire	5.9
38	Texas	5.9
38	Vermont	5.9
42	Florida	5.8
43	Arkansas	5.7
44	South Carolina	5.6
45	Utah	5.5
46	Idaho	5.4
46	North Carolina	5.4
48	Georgia	5.1
49	Arizona	4.4
50	Alaska	3.6
51	Nevada	2.3

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table DP04: Selected Housing Characteristics. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of housing units built 1950–1959 (%) (1950–1959). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP04; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-04. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-built-1950-to-1959/

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