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U.S. states ranked by median gross rent and rent burden: Paying 50%+ of income on rent

All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Median gross rent and rent burden by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-26

National value: 26.1 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 25 %
RI 26.2 %
DE 24.2 %
CT 27.8 %
NJ 26.1 %
MD 25.7 %
MA 26 %
VT 23.6 %
NH 23.2 %

Lowest: 16.8 to 21.7 %
Group 2: 21.7 to 23.8 %
Group 3: 23.8 to 25.1 %
Group 4: 25.1 to 26.6 %
Highest: 26.6 to 32.1 %

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. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Florida	32.1
2	Nevada	29.4
3	California	29
4	New York	28.6
5	Louisiana	28.4
6	Hawaii	28.1
7	Connecticut	27.8
8	Michigan	26.8
9	Georgia	26.6
9	Oregon	26.6
9	South Carolina	26.6
12	Rhode Island	26.2
13	New Jersey	26.1
14	Massachusetts	26
14	Pennsylvania	26
16	Maryland	25.7
16	New Mexico	25.7
18	Mississippi	25.6
19	Texas	25.5
20	Arizona	25.1
20	Colorado	25.1
22	District of Columbia	25
23	North Carolina	24.9
24	Illinois	24.8
25	Ohio	24.6
26	Alabama	24.4
26	West Virginia	24.4
28	Delaware	24.2
29	Indiana	24.1
30	Virginia	23.9
31	Washington	23.8
32	Vermont	23.6
33	Idaho	23.4
34	Tennessee	23.3
35	Maine	23.2
35	New Hampshire	23.2
37	Kentucky	23
37	Minnesota	23
39	Oklahoma	21.8
40	Iowa	21.7
40	Missouri	21.7
42	Utah	21.3
42	Wisconsin	21.3
44	Nebraska	21.2
45	Kansas	20.4
46	Arkansas	20.3
47	Montana	18.9
48	Wyoming	18.8
49	Alaska	18.4
50	North Dakota	16.8
50	South Dakota	16.8

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table B25064: Median Gross Rent (Dollars)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table B25070: Gross Rent as a Percentage of Household Income in the Past 12 Months. Reference period: 2024.

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U.S. states ranked by median gross rent and rent burden: Paying 50%+ of income on rent (2024). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Tables B25064 and B25070; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-26. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-median-gross-rent-and-rent-burden-paying-50-pct-plus-of-income-on-rent/

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