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Share of housing units built 1980–1989: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Share of housing units built 1980–1989 (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Housing units by year built by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 1980–1989.

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

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National value: 12.4 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 4.5 %
RI 11.9 %
DE 12.2 %
CT 12.6 %
NJ 11.6 %
MD 14.5 %
MA 11.4 %
VT 16.4 %
NH 19 %

Lowest: 4.5 to 9.6 %
Group 2: 9.6 to 11.7 %
Group 3: 11.7 to 12.9 %
Group 4: 12.9 to 14.5 %
Highest: 14.5 to 23.7 %

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	Alaska	23.7
2	New Hampshire	19
3	Florida	17.7
4	Vermont	16.4
5	Arizona	16
6	Virginia	15
7	New Mexico	14.9
8	Hawaii	14.8
9	California	14.7
10	Georgia	14.5
10	Maryland	14.5
12	Louisiana	14.4
13	Maine	14.1
14	Arkansas	13.9
15	South Carolina	13.8
16	Mississippi	13.5
16	Oklahoma	13.5
18	Texas	13.3
19	Nevada	13
20	Alabama	12.9
20	Wyoming	12.9
22	Colorado	12.7
23	Connecticut	12.6
24	North Carolina	12.5
25	Delaware	12.2
25	Tennessee	12.2
27	Kentucky	12.1
28	West Virginia	12
29	Rhode Island	11.9
30	Kansas	11.8
31	Minnesota	11.7
31	Washington	11.7
33	New Jersey	11.6
34	Massachusetts	11.4
35	Missouri	11.3
36	North Dakota	10.7
37	Utah	10.5
38	Indiana	9.9
39	Oregon	9.8
40	Pennsylvania	9.7
41	Montana	9.6
42	Michigan	9.4
43	Illinois	9.3
44	Wisconsin	9
45	Nebraska	8.8
46	Ohio	8.7
47	South Dakota	8.6
48	Idaho	8.3
49	New York	7.5
50	Iowa	7.2
51	District of Columbia	4.5

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 1980–1989 (%) (1980–1989). 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-1980-to-1989/

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