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Housing vacancy rate, US states

Vacancy rate by state · all 52 states · hover or tap a state for every figure on this page

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Darker amber is a higher housing vacancy rate (vacant units divided by total housing units). Puerto Rico is listed in the ranking and table but is not on this map.

A typical published area has a housing vacancy rate of 10.8%, the midpoint of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico on the 2023 ACS five-year estimates. Puerto Rico leads at 21.3%, and Maine and Vermont are the highest of the 50 states at 21.1% and 20.1%. Washington is the lowest at 7.4%. 8 areas reach 15%. Each rate is vacant housing units divided by total housing units in that area, not a United States vacancy rate.

10.8%typical published areathe middle area, not an average

21.3%Puerto Ricohighest vacancy rate

21.1%Mainehighest of the 50 states

7.4%Washingtonlowest of the published areas

8areas at or above 15%Puerto Rico, Maine, Vermont, Alaska, West Virginia, Florida, Mississippi and Alabama

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Housing vacancy rate, all published states

Vacancy rate · all 52 · ranked high to low

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Every area the Census published in this table: 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, 52 in all. Puerto Rico leads at 21.3%, then Maine at 21.1% and Vermont at 20.1%. Washington is the lowest at 7.4%. The middle published area sits at 10.8%. 8 areas reach 15%. The ranking is each area's own vacant units divided by total housing units on the 2023 ACS five-year estimates.

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52 rows · 8 columns

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Vacancy rate, total housing units, occupied units and vacant units for every published state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Vacancy rate is vacant units divided by total housing units from ACS table B25002.

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	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Alabama	15.0%	2,316,192	430	1,969,105	6,574	347,087	6,376
Alaska	18.2%	327,610	431	267,865	1,441	59,745	1,481
Arizona	11.0%	3,142,443	466	2,796,790	6,018	345,653	5,956
Arkansas	14.0%	1,382,664	336	1,189,160	4,619	193,504	4,693
California	7.6%	14,532,683	1,118	13,434,847	19,805	1,097,836	19,182
Colorado	8.6%	2,545,124	462	2,325,576	4,759	219,548	4,616
Connecticut	7.5%	1,536,049	285	1,420,170	3,490	115,879	3,545
Delaware	13.5%	457,958	241	396,209	1,648	61,749	1,690
District of Columbia	9.7%	356,101	179	321,556	1,499	34,545	1,464
Florida	15.2%	10,082,356	678	8,550,911	21,145	1,531,445	21,172
Georgia	10.6%	4,483,873	944	4,008,013	9,372	475,860	8,706
Hawaii	13.4%	564,905	196	488,991	1,924	75,914	1,920
Idaho	10.7%	776,683	221	693,821	2,298	82,862	2,276
Illinois	8.1%	5,443,501	767	5,001,904	7,673	441,597	7,653
Indiana	9.2%	2,953,344	390	2,681,537	6,532	271,807	6,531
Iowa	8.6%	1,427,175	397	1,303,763	3,538	123,412	3,627
Kansas	9.7%	1,285,221	690	1,160,715	3,961	124,506	3,483
Kentucky	10.9%	2,010,655	372	1,791,991	5,353	218,664	5,287
Louisiana	14.8%	2,094,002	454	1,783,168	5,717	310,834	5,478
Maine	21.1%	746,552	254	589,085	2,383	157,467	2,278
Maryland	8.1%	2,545,532	484	2,339,510	4,595	206,022	4,366
Massachusetts	8.4%	3,014,657	502	2,762,070	5,223	252,587	5,433
Michigan	12.2%	4,599,683	956	4,040,168	8,515	559,515	7,955
Minnesota	9.4%	2,519,538	958	2,282,967	5,281	236,571	4,587
Mississippi	15.1%	1,332,811	2,317	1,131,760	5,057	201,051	4,480
Missouri	11.6%	2,809,501	603	2,484,834	6,166	324,667	5,811
Montana	13.4%	522,939	206	452,683	1,926	70,256	1,974
Nebraska	8.0%	855,631	245	786,885	2,232	68,746	2,299
Nevada	9.5%	1,307,338	360	1,183,393	3,022	123,945	3,224
New Hampshire	14.4%	644,253	255	551,186	2,292	93,067	2,239
New Jersey	7.9%	3,775,842	525	3,478,355	4,714	297,487	4,907
New Mexico	13.1%	949,524	264	825,021	3,033	124,503	3,038
New York	10.2%	8,539,536	1,410	7,668,956	12,766	870,580	11,614
North Carolina	13.0%	4,815,195	554	4,186,924	10,494	628,271	10,568
North Dakota	13.3%	374,866	238	325,079	1,663	49,787	1,725
Ohio	8.4%	5,271,573	770	4,829,571	8,204	442,002	8,636
Oklahoma	12.5%	1,763,036	1,066	1,542,780	3,468	220,256	2,871
Oregon	7.5%	1,838,631	399	1,701,548	3,556	137,083	3,686
Pennsylvania	9.4%	5,779,663	1,198	5,235,339	9,438	544,324	8,535
Rhode Island	9.8%	484,615	142	436,902	1,822	47,713	1,826
South Carolina	13.8%	2,401,638	448	2,070,390	5,976	331,248	6,156
South Dakota	10.9%	402,364	200	358,552	1,643	43,812	1,629
Tennessee	10.6%	3,095,472	769	2,768,743	7,134	326,729	6,725
Texas	9.6%	11,890,808	698	10,747,240	15,647	1,143,568	15,495
Utah	8.2%	1,193,082	271	1,094,896	2,787	98,186	2,825
Vermont	20.1%	337,072	133	269,466	1,559	67,606	1,547
Virginia	9.0%	3,654,784	946	3,326,260	8,075	328,524	7,455
Washington	7.4%	3,262,667	447	3,020,558	5,770	242,109	5,896
West Virginia	16.1%	859,653	241	721,448	2,890	138,205	2,873
Wisconsin	11.1%	2,750,750	1,389	2,446,028	5,477	304,722	4,388
Wyoming	13.4%	275,131	170	238,176	1,220	36,955	1,275
Puerto Rico	21.3%	1,575,105	4,606	1,239,243	5,156	335,862	3,707

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About this data

Housing vacancy rate is vacant housing units divided by total housing units from ACS table B25002 (Occupancy Status).
A midpoint of state vacancy rates is not a United States vacancy rate. Each figure is for that state, the District of Columbia or Puerto Rico alone.
The Census published 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. None of the occupancy estimates were suppressed, and none of the margins of error used ACS controlled-estimate sentinels.
Alaska and Hawaii appear in the ranking and table; on the map they are shown in the usual insets. Puerto Rico is in the ranking and table but is not shaded on the state map.

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